Join us for a special Q&A Screening of the Sydney Film Festival Audience Award-winning skating documentary, Skategoat, with producers Mick Lawrence & Nicholas Cook, hosted by Macario Desouza (ACCTA Award Winning Film Director of Bra Boys and Fighting Fear)!
Leandre Sanders was born in Venice Beach, LA, into a world of gangs and crime. The only thing that kept him out of trouble was his love of skateboarding. While his older brothers joined the family tradition of running with gangs, Leandre - dubbed Skategoat - spent most of his days and nights at Venice Beach skatepark with his younger brother Leontay.
He was so talented and determined that, at the age of 11, he caught the eye of filmmaker, acclaimed music video director, and graffiti artist, Van Alpert. Over the next ten years, Van Alpert would document Leandre’s struggle to perfect his skateboarding and to survive - including a move to Melbourne at 16 years old.
Featuring an incredible soundtrack, from Tyler, the Creator to Tame Impala, Van Alpert's documentary debut is pulsing with a tactile sense of street style.
