Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul

This is a 10 minute documentary by Orlando Von Einsiedek about a project that has been set up in Pakistan to teach Kids how to skate.

In this piece I like how they have managed to portray a very unique subject that people don't really get to see in areas such as Pakistan. This piece is based on the children and how learning to skate has managed to improve their quality of live. I think the bas of this piece is very personal but no way near as personal as Pockets. The shots feel very set up, such as the opening shots of boys skating around the town, in and out of shot. I don't really this aspect of the piece as I as a viewer don't want to feel as thou they are forcing the story upon us rather then it just naturally unravelling.

One of the things that I do like thou is the fact that this whole subject area is very unknown and not shown. there are many documentaries and programmes about the war and fighting in deprived countries such as Pakistan but it always shows the adults point, never really about how the children are affected when they can't change or choose anything, they just have to get on with growing up in these circumstances. I think by having the shots of the solders and derelict building that we are al use to seeing in amongst other shots of the kids learning to skate helps portray that the media only show aspects of what is happening when there is so many other things happening around these areas that get missed out. they focus on the negative, rather then look at the positive things around them.

Overall, I wouldn't go out my way to watch this again. it reminds me a lot of adverts trying to get people onboard with their project where as i prefer documentaries that teach and show us things that we may have not thought about before.