“I hope that it inspires not only women but men to do things they are traditionally not supposed to do. “I think that it’s always interesting to see people changing the game, so to speak,” she said.

The film chronicles, among other thing, how the crew advances into these gendered areas, and Moselle hopes viewers are inspired by the crew’s pioneering attitude. Any crew coming into a new park or area runs the possibility of being called posers, but the “Skate Kitchen” crew also contended with ridicule as a vector of sexism, as skaters assume they cannot shred because they’re women and are therefore posers, or dismiss their abilities regardless. It’s also a central part of what makes the “Skate Kitchen” crew’s real journey into new skating territory such a big deal, both on and off film. In the film, Nina Moran, one of the film’s supporting cast members and a “Skate Kitchen” skater, sardonically self-identifies as a poser at one point in the film to illustrate two bystanders’ sexism when they excitedly ask her if she can ollie - the baseline trick in skateboarding. That was important because in the skating community being a poser is both easily recognized and intensely disparaged.

As a skater, Smith was on a very short list of actors who Moselle felt would be able to convincingly blend into the film. The script did require the use of one actor. “I worked vigorously on creating a script last year and everything (fell into place).” “From 17 to 19, there’s a big shift, and you have to capture it in that moment or the magic goes away,” she said. Like most of her projects, Moselle said “Skate Kitchen” came to her.Īfter spending time making “That One Day,” she said she was already familiar with the skating scene and the plan to create a film grew organically and collaboratively between her and the people she filmed.īut she needed to act fast to capture the moment the skaters were living through – pushing new territory and growing into adulthood. With the exception of Jaden Smith the actors are all skaters playing the roles they live out on a daily basis, over a scaffolding of scripted events that circulate around the theme of youth - its freedoms and challenges - as they try and break into a scene typically dominated by men. In “Skate Kitchen,” director Crystal Moselle blurs the line between documentary and narrative cinema.īest known for her documentary “The Wolf Pack,” the New York-based director found a real group of women skaters and transformed their lives into an amalgam of real and scripted events through her new film, which is set to screen during the Sundance Film Festival. 27, 3 p.m., Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City It will be shown at the following locations and times: “Skate Kitchen” is screening in the Sundance Film Festival’s Next program.

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