A&E Indie Films and Cinetic Media invite NYWIFT members to a screening of:

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you’re a girl)

Tuesday, January 21st at 7PM

Soho House | 29-35 9th Avenue

RSVP to: screening@cineticmedia.com

Q&A to follow with Director Carol Dysinger

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you’re a girl) follows a class of girls at Skateistan, a nonprofit that began as a skate school in Kabul in 2007 and grew into a multinational educational initiative. Skateistan focuses on recruiting girls from impoverished neighborhoods to not only teach them to skateboard but to help them gain courage and life skills that will transcend skateboarding and the classroom to help them thrive and adapt to the challenges that lie ahead. Over the course of the school year, the girls grow and become empowered through the joy of skateboarding and the warmth and inspiration of the women who teach them. The film was shortlisted for Best Documentary Short at the 92nd Academy Awards. Watch the trailer.