United Skates

Name: United Skates
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 30, 2018
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Alonzo Williams, Buddy Alexander, Coolio, Maulah Allah, Maulud Allah

2018

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Home Box Office (HBO) | Release Date: November 30, 2018 | TV-14

Starring: Alonzo Williams, Buddy Alexander, Coolio, Maulah Allah, Maulud Allah, Queen Latifah, Reggie Brown, Salt-N-Pepa, Shannon Grays, Vin Rock

Summary: When America's last standing roller rinks are threatened with closure, a community of thousands battle in a racially charged environment to save an underground subculture--one that has remained undiscovered by the mainstream for generations, yet has given rise to some of the world's greatest musical talent.

Director: Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 89 min

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Teo Bugbee

Nov 29, 2018

This is a passion project in the best sense of the word, a movie in which the ingenuity and dedication of the filmmakers illuminate the same qualities in their subjects. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Apr 27, 2018

Like such trendsetting classics as “Paris Is Burning” and “Rize,” this kaleidoscopically vibrant, essential-viewing survey plunges audiences into a dazzling underground scene, celebrating the endangered art form it finds there. Read full review

Allan Hunter

May 12, 2018

Infused with nostalgia, United Skates is also an infectious call to arms, noting the way in which communities are starting to fight back. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Nov 29, 2018

Often, a scene-survey doc that takes on so much — cultural history, present-day portraiture, regional distinctions, celebrity interviews, fly-on-the-wall reportage — can play as scattershot. That’s not so with United Skates. Round and round it flows — why not jump on in? Read full review

Pat Brown

Feb 10, 2019

The documentary brings to the foreground a fascinating and, moreover, beautiful culture lurking in the background of other stories. Read full review

John DeFore

Apr 27, 2018

The doc's heart is with ordinary people who have no show-business ambitions. Read full review

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