I started the second day of the film festival at Santa Barbara Middle School where the cast from the movie, Skateistan were doing a demo for the school kids. The film documents the first skateboarding school in the country of Afghanistan, where over half of the population is under the age of 18. Professional skateboarder...
What an amazing 10 day festival this Santa Barbara International Film Festival has become!!! It’s hard to miss the opening event, as the two trucks with spotlights help create instant excitement: This is what the red carpet entrance looks like on a ‘slow’ night! The line of people in the back have ‘general admission’ tickets. ...