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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Screen InternationalAllan HunterInfused with nostalgia, United Skates is also an infectious call to arms, noting the way in which communities are starting to fight back. |
| VarietyPeter DebrugeLike 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. |
| Film InquiryLaura BirnbaumThis is a film that paints a humanizing portrait of an endangered form of expression, risked at the hands of the micro-racism and economic tribulations faced by the African-American community. |
| L.A. WeeklyAlan ScherstuhlOften, 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? |
| New York TimesTeo BugbeeThis 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. |
| 812filmreviewsRobert DanielsThe film is more than skating, more than the intricate and beautiful motions these skaters demonstrate. It documents community and racial pride, pride that comes from not only black culture, but from black owned businesses as well. |
| Chicago Cinema CircuitDaniel Nava...[an] exceedingly entertaining and genuinely revealing look into a roller-skating subculture that I frankly knew next to nothing about. |
| Black Girl NerdsLynnette Nicholas'United Skates' gives a compassionate and in-depth look into the historical and cultural legacy of skating within African-American communities across the nation. |
| FILMINK (Australia)John Noonan...an emotional film that will boil the blood. |
| NOW TorontoKevin RitchieRoller rinks may seem like a retro-leisure concept, but this ambitious film successfully positions the disappearing venues at a social and political crossroads that feels urgent. |
