Hooked for Life

Story

Synopsis

In the summer of 1978 the Swedish film director Staffan Hildebrand encountered a group of young people with skateboards in Stockholm city, it resulted in a documentary about this new subculture "skateboard". The documentary, "14 års landet" (The land of 14) was presented in Swedish national TV (SVT) in the christmas of 1978. Now 30 years later Staffan and his crew have followed up the skateboarders from "14 års landet" what happened to them, what has happened with the skateboard industry in Sweden since then and why these people are "hooked for life".

Director

Staffan Hildebrand

Writers

Peter Klang, Staffan Hildebrand, Andreas Alfredsson

Language

Swedish

Country

Sweden, United States of America

Release date

23 May 2011

Ensemble

Cast

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  Tony Alva

  Self

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  Allysha Le

  Self

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  Steve Berra

  Self

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  Ali Boulala

  Self

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  Mika Edin

  Self

• Andreas Engelkes

  Self

• Henrik Grassman

  Self

• Lasse Gringo

  Self

• David Hackett

  Self

• Greger Hagelin

  Self

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  Tony Hawk

  Self

• Per Holknekt

  Self