Doc.: Dogtown and Z Boys

I think this is both an ethnography and has great entertainment value. It has great historical and factual background. It gives you great insight on how the sport got started and what the ear and time period was about. At the same time, it was intersting and entertaining to watch. It was not just a presentation of facts, they gave you facts, but did it in a fascinating and entertaining way. The interviews are what makes the documentary in my eyes. They were the original team of Z Boy skaters. They gave a huge amount on insight into what was going on during the time. There is no better way to present information than straight from the horses mouth so to speak. These people skated when nobody else did. They were looked at as outcasts of society and they didn't care. They were doing what they loved to do and nothing got in their way. They would build there own boards out of scrap pieces of wood and old roller skates. They made it into a following. They show clips of them skating and surfing as they interview all of the old team. I think the clips aid as a really good way to give us a visual picture as to what the interview was talking about. I did not hold any stereotypes against skaters.