SKINHEAD ATTITUDE is the first documentary which outlines the history of forty years of skinhead movement from its extreme left to its extreme right wings. Starting by asking for the most recent development of the movement, the film describes the transformation and radicalisation of this subculture of youth.
From London to Berlin, via Helsingborg, Dallas, Las Vegas to Montréal, skinheads establish themselves as a movement of youth with rebellious, violent, often extremist traits. Skins stir up fears and form the street movement which is feared most. They are used to being objects of the media- but who are they really?
SKINHEAD ATTITUDE is a road movie accompanying Karole, a modern skinhead girl with a traditional and anti-racist attitude. At the age of 22 she discovers her female identity within a male-dominated movement, being skin despite the influential stereotypes and the looks of others. The film is a musical journey which, by following Karole and her companions, draws a portrait of contemporary young skinheads. We meet them continuously on concerts or international assemblies, from France to Britain, from Germany to Scandinavia and, finally, to the United States.
SKINHEAD ATTITUDE offers the key to understanding and discovering a subculture of youth among the more radical and paradox. Descending the outskirts of the world, and being amidst a sharp no future consciousness and a stubbornness to live one's own different nature, to survive and to show consideration of each other, they had traits of the last "working class heroes" for some.
Nomination Schweizer Filmpreis, Bester Dokumentarfilm, 2004
Audience Award for Documentary, Leeds International Film Festival, 2005
7th One World Film Festival, 2005
6th Bratislava IFF, 2004
Beirut Int. Documentary Festival, 2004
56. Festival internazionale del film Locarno,2003
Amsterdam 16th Int. Documentary FF, 2003
15th Trieste Film Festival - Alpe Adria Cinema, 2004
44. Festival dei Popoli, 2003
Astra Film Cinemateque, 2010
Singapore International Film Festival, 2004
Göteborg International Film Festival, 2004
FIGRA La Ciotat Cedex, 2004
Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München, 2004
Istanbul Film Festival, 2004
Europäisches Dokumentarfilmfestival Oslo, 2004
Haifa Internation Film Festival, 2004
Melbourne International Film Festival, 2004
Crossing Europe Linz, 2004
18th Leeds IFF, 2004
Doc Lisboa, 2010
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