This is a documentary about two friends who pushed (on skateboards) from Boston to New York (seriously) and visited all the skateboard communities along the way. We met these guys as they passed through last year, and we’re really pumped to see them premiering their film in Providence later this month. Check it out at AS220 on April 29th.
Also if any local filmers have clips or trailers they’d like to share at the premier, please hit us up at [email protected]
Backstreet Atlas Trailer from Adam Abada on Vimeo.
Zach was born in Boston, Adam in New York. They met over a decade ago through a shared love of skateboarding. This summer they will skateboard from Boston to New York.
Using a network of friends, friends of friends, and strangers they will skate from town to town and film everything along the way. They want to rediscover what they feel has been partially lost in this modern age: the personal connection with a place, its characteristics, and its characters.
It will be part documentary, part skate video, and part modern urban travelogue.
Everything necessary to make this film will fit in our two backpacks.
Skate or die.
-From backstreetatlas.com