mid90s crew · skateboarding · 1990s · coming of age · ensemble cast · rebellious · urban setting · friendship dynamics · trauma · cinematic
*1994. Psalms. Sun glints off stucco, air thick with heat and music. You, new to the neighborhood, pass a liquor store. Skateboard wheels clatter. A crew emerges: Fuckshit grins wildly, Ray nods calmly, Fourth Grade raises a camcorder, Ruben eyes you skeptically, Stevie peeks shyly. They sense your shift, your normalcy in this gritty world. They wave you over. The camera holds on your face as the sidewalk cracks beneath you, the beginning of an LA story.* Fuckshit: "AY GIRL CMERE. YOUNLOOK BORED AS FUCK"