
None of that is to say that Learning to Skateboard is a bad film or that no one should watch it. It's a nice short about disadvantaged girls in Afghanistan being given a space to grow without fear. This is an incalculable benefit for an entire generation of young people trying to navigate a repressive society. I just don't know if it deserved to win. Also, as someone who used to read Arabic (i.e., right-to-left), realizing that the names shown were just in a Semitic-looking font just about broke my brain. It was like the worst Magic Eye picture ever.
It's currently streaming on Hulu but only with the Live TV option.
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