Short Film Documents the Birth of Skateboarding in the West Bank

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A documentary, chronicling how a small group of teenagers created a skate scene from scratch in a place where you can’t even buy a skateboard has been released online. Epicly Palestine’d, a half-hour-long investigation into the burgeoning skate culture of the West Bank, gets to grips with a counterculture struggling against the strains of military occupation. Check out the inspiring and heartwarming production above and head to epiclypalestined.com for more information.

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