It’s easy to make assumptions about countries you’ve only seen on the news that highlights their darkside versus their brighter more enjoyable side. Since 2001, most of the Western world has only had images of a violent Afghanistan; burning bodies, angry faces and crying children.
The makers of the short film Skateistan have given us another look at Afghanistan. Nominated for an award at Sundance, the film follows the Kabul-based NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) Skateistan as they teach young children from troubled areas in Afghanistan, Cambodia and Pakistan, how to skate. It sounds simple, but in teaching the children (boys and girls), they also provide them a political/religion free environment, free of conflict.
