Fresh
Martin Persiel's splendid "documentary" could well be subtitled "And It Ain't the Truth."
Ernest Hardy, Village Voice
This Ain't California
B-boy rebellion, communism, skateboarding, the Stasi…
2012 · 1h 33m
Animation, Documentary, History
Directed by
Marten Persiel
Overview
A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale on three heroes and their boards, from their childhood in the seventies, through their teenage rebellion in the eighties and the summer of 1989, when their life changed forever, to 2011.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
"This Ain't California" offers a vivid immersion in the hidden skateboarding culture of the former East Germany.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
A trove of home videos, vintage commercial and propaganda footage and black-and-white animation dress up this energetic if somewhat unfocused look at the birth of skateboarding in the German Democratic Republic.
Sara Stewart, New York Post
Rotten
It ain't bad, though all that detritus detracts from a far more interesting history lesson on repression and rebellion that's left on the periphery.
David Fear, Time Out New York
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