Dogtown and Z-Boys

+ intro by Rohan Denton, BFI Engagement, Marketing and Communications

The godfather of the skateboard documentary charts the history of the subculture from the streets of mid-70s USA to the present day.

  • Director

    Stacy Peralta

  • USA 2001. 91min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

In mid-70s Los Angeles, as the brief popularity of skateboarding starts to fade, a group of young and defiant surfers use the concrete world around them to reinvent and evolve it to heights never before imagined. In the 25 years since its award-winning debut at Sundance Film Festival debut, former skateboarder Peralta’s film has come to be seen as the definitive skateboarding documentary.