D.I.Y. America | Ep #3 | Skate and Create: Part 2 Perseverance (The Art of Falling Down)

A serialized show focusing on leaders in the youth/punk/DIY movement. Subjects include over two decades of leaders from the skateboarding, punk, grafitti and hip-hop worlds. Assembled using footage shot for (but never included in) the Beautiful Losers film. Examples: Ian MacKaye, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Glen Friedman, Tony Hawk, etc.

Ep #3

Skate and Create: Part 2 Perseverance (The Art of Falling Down)

Part 2 of our Skate and Create series focuses on the steep learning curve in skateboarding and how it affects creativity. Skateboarders and creatives such as Tommy Guerrero, Ray Barbee, Geoff McFetridge, Thomas Campbell and others talk about the idea that “falling down” is okay. As artist Ben Woodward of Philadelphia’s Space 1026 said, “Failing is totally cool!”

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