Riding Against Time

Maia Weatherstone - Australia (2023)

J2 Session

29.02 Muxikebarri 18:00

A documentary following the perspectives of older skateboarders as they navigate their sense of belonging and connection within the sport as their bodies and minds change. The purpose of this documentary is to change how audiences think about older skateboarders and provide insight into their personal decisions to continue skateboarding. RAT gives audiences the opportunity to break through the stereotypes about older people in skateboarding by making the audeince part of the narrative to discover why skateboarding never stops being a large part of identity for many people.

Duration: 6′

Country(ies) of origin: Australia

Country(ies) of filming: Australia

Director: Maia Weatherstone

Starring: Mark Weatherstone, Andrew Thomas