Skater Dater Art of Weightlessness Fruit of the Vine

Skate love, skate art, skate bowls.

Tonight's screening kicks off with Noel Black's classic Skater Dater, a short film about a young skater's coming of age set to a surf soundtrack. (1965; 13 mins.)

D. B. Griffith's Art of Weightlessness documents performance artist/skater Bill Shannon, whose gravity-defying style came about due to his degenerative hip disorder. (2000; 11 mins.)

Rounding out the program is Coan Nichols and Rick Charnoski's Fruit of the Vine, a fascinating collection of stories about suburban skaters who search, find, and ultimately make use of a piece of the great American wasteland: backyard pools. (1999; 53 mins.)

Program approx. 80 mins.