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Fresh Air, Stacy Peralta
- Narrated by: Terry Gross
- Length: 46 mins
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Summary
Director, co-writer Stacy Peralta on this edition of Fresh Air. Stacy Peralta directed the documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys. The film is about the community of skateboarders in California in the 1970s who originated extreme skateboarding. They did so in rundown urban beach neighborhood near Santa Monica and Venice called Dogtown. They became international stars. Peralta was one of the Z-boys and is considered one of the founding fathers of modern skateboarding. The film won the Audience Award and Director's Award at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. There's also a companion book, Dogtown - The Legend of the Z-Boys. Their Website is www.zboys.com. (Broadcast Date: May 6, 2002)