United Skates (2018)

United Skates: Directed by Tina Brown, Dyana Winkler. With Salt-N-Pepa, Reggie Brown, Coolio, Vin Rock. America’s roller rinks are bastions of regional African-American culture, music and dance.

“As chronicled in the book Bowling Alone of the changing trends of the white America´s tradition of bowling decline. This movie centers on the African American tie to a tradition skating. It is a component that weaves the community. Unfortunately there has been a sharp decline in the availability of skating arenas. They have closed due to economic down turn and shifting Main Street trends. The movie chronicles an overview of the skating community. I found it interesting and insightful of a world I was not aware of. nI saw this as part of the 2018 Bronze Film Festival”