SK8RGRLS
A film by Jean Zamora & Florence Middleton
Bay Area quad skaters Tamara, Cammie, and Lyla aren’t just skating for the thrill of landing wild tricks–they’re in it for the community.
While skate parks have long been dominated by men, a new wave of quad skaters is changing the game, creating a more inclusive subculture in the skate world. Women like Tamara, Cammie, and Lyla are claiming space in a scene that wasn’t built for them. Through everyday skate park play and competing in fierce competitions, they’re reshaping skate culture around the world.
Co-Directors - Jean Zamora, Florence Middleton
Supervising Producer - Cassandra Herrman
Executive Producer - Switchboard Magazine/Celia Aniskovich
Curator - Switchboard Magazine/Jason Anderson
Co-Cinematographers - Florence Middleton, Jean Zamora
Additional Footage - San Francisco Chronicle/Salgu Wissmath, Mae Dougherty-Ella
Co-Editors - Florence Middleton, Jean Zamora
Music - Faodail, Abbynoise, Trinity, Yeti Music
Official Selection:
International Queer Women of Color Film Festival
About Jean Zamora
Jean Zamora is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley's Graduate journalism program with a concentration in documentary filmmaking. She also has her BA in Fine Art Photography from New York University, where she also studied narrative long form journalism and media, culture, and communications. She has had her short form documentaries published in STAT News and The Wire (India). Her work has been shown at the Durango Independent Film Festival, The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive's Student Committee Film Festival, The Queer Women of Color Film Festival, The Seattle Film Festival, and The Best Shorts Competition. Her short form documentaries have received awards from both the Durango Film Festival and The Best Shorts Competition. She is also an award recipient of the Jerry Jensen Memorial Graduate Journalism Scholarship from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
About Florence Fong Hope Middleton
Florence Fong Hope Middleton is a filmmaker, documentary photographer, and photojournalist based in Oakland, California. Florence’s work has been published with the Pulitzer Center, San Francisco Chronicle, CalMatters, KQED, The California Report Magazine, High Country News, San Diego Magazine, The Oaklandside, and more. Her work focuses on the themes of community, women, and culture. For her documentary shorts and her long-form photographic storytelling, Florence received a graduate journalism award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and was a College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) finalist. She is also a two-time Pulitzer Center fellow and a Dorothea Lange fellow. Florence earned her master’s degree from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
