{Sour: Skateboarding for Peace in the Middle East}

{Sour: Skateboarding for Peace in the Middle East}

Sour: Skateboarding for Peace in the Middle East

Sour: Skateboarding for Peace in the Middle EastSOUR is the first urban skate documentary to be filmed in the middle east; offering a fresh, fast-paced and inspiring perspective of peace building and Middle Eastern urban youth culture. Already familiar with images of war and destruction from the media, this film asks the real question — “What does an instrument of peace look like?” Filmed during the Lebanon/Israel War of 2006, SOUR features a youthful ensemble of top Arab and Israeli skaters jumping borders and culture barriers to share a united passion for skating and life. In essence, ‘Sour,’ is a film about doing the things you love with people you’re not supposed to like.

Director Nathan Gray states, “this was very much a grassroots experiment of two groups skating together and searching for new street spots. This is why we talk about a peace process that was born in the streets. It was not drafted in a boardroom by politicians but rather by youth who took an initiative to make peace happen.”