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Dirty Money (2010)

Dirty Money poster
Directed by
Ricardo Koraicho, Alexandre Vianna
Genre
documentary film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
48 min
Rated
L

How it feels

In the early 1990s, Brazil's skateboarding industry collapsed due to economic policies. A group of teenage friends made a homemade video called Dirty Money that became a nationwide hit, helping to revive skateboarding as both a sport and a lifestyle in Brazil.

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What happens

No começo dos anos 90 a indústria do skate faliu após o Plano Collor. Motivados pelo amor ao skate e uma atitude "faça você mesmo" alguns amigos, adolescentes na época, se juntaram e lançaram um vídeo caseiro que mudaria as suas vidas para sempre. A fita se chamava "Dirty Money". O vídeo foi um sucesso instantâneo, rodou o país, e inspirou milhares de jovens que compartilhavam o mesmo sonho, se tornando a pedra fundamental para a reconstrução do skate como esporte e estilo de vida no Brasil. Formavam aquele grupo de amigos, nomes com Fábio Cristiano (atleta NikeSB), Alexandre Vianna, Márcio Tarobinha, Bob Burnquist, entre outros.Dirty Money é um documentário. brasileiro que retrata a cena do Skate nos anos 80 e 90 no Brasil. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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