Dogtown and Z-boys /

Meet the Z-Boys - a group of brash street kids from Venice, California's tough Dogtown neighborhood who revolutionized skateboarding with an aggressive in-your-face style that shredded the competition and totally influenced today's extreme sports. Narrated by SEAN PENN and featuring old-sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Alexander Street (Firm)
Other Authors:	Peralta, Stacy (Director), Orsi, Agi (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2002.
Subjects:	Skateboarders > California > Los Angeles. Skateboarding > California > Los Angeles. Feature films. Documentary films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Meet the Z-Boys - a group of brash street kids from Venice, California's tough Dogtown neighborhood who revolutionized skateboarding with an aggressive in-your-face style that shredded the competition and totally influenced today's extreme sports. Narrated by SEAN PENN and featuring old-school skating footage, a blistering soundtrack and riveting interviews with skateboarding icons TONY ALVA, JAY ADAMS and TONY HAWK, this award-winning documentary is a historic, no-holds-barred, behind-the-scenes look at the birth of a cultural phenomenon, and the inspiration for the thrilling feature film LORDS OF DOGTOWN.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (91 minutes)
Playing Time:	01:30:59
Awards:	Won 2001 AFI Fest, Best Documentary Film Won 2001 Denver International Film Festival, Best New Feature-Length Documentary Nominated 2003 Grammy Awards, Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Won 2002 Independent Spirit Awards, Best Documentary Won 2002 Newport Beach Film Festival, Best Documentary Won 2002 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Modern Master Award Nominated 2003 Satellite Awards, Best Motion Picture, Documentary Won 2001 Sundance Film Festival, Audience Award (Documentary) Won 2001 Sundance Film Festival, Directing Award (Documentary) Nominated 2001 Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Price (Documentary)