skateboarding,berlin wall,german democratic republic,1970s,extreme sports,male friendship,mockumentary,1980s,1990s,political repression,soviet union history,2000s,semi-fiction,2010s

This Ain't California (2012)

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B-boy rebellion, communism, skateboarding, the Stasi…

A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale on three heroes and their boards, from their childhood in the seventies, through their teenage rebellion in the eighties and the summer of 1989, when their life changed forever, to 2011.

Cast & Crew

Director
Marten Persiel
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    Adult Nico (uncredited) David Nathan
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    Self - Businessman (uncredited) Titus Dittmann
  • Profile picture of Erich Honecker
    Self - Politician (archive footage) Erich Honecker
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    Self - Sportswoman (archive footage) Katarina Witt
  • Profile picture of Helmut Kohl
    Self - Politician (archive footage) Helmut Kohl
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    Self - Politician (archive footage) Bill Clinton
  • Profile picture of Gerhard Schröder
    Self - Politician (archive footage) Gerhard Schröder

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Keywords

  • skateboarding
  • berlin wall
  • german democratic republic
  • 1970s
  • extreme sports
  • male friendship
  • mockumentary
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • political repression
  • soviet union history
  • 2000s
  • semi-fiction
  • 2010s