Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)

Name: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
Director: Carol Dysinger
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020
Duration: 40 min
Cast: Fatima, Kashida

Carol Dysinger

202040mPersian

Documentary short

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The story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write and skateboard in Kabul.

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Documentary (Short Subject) · Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva

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2020

Academy Awards

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Documentary (Short Subject)

Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva

2020

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Cast

Fatima

Self

Kashida

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