Wednesday, December 31, 2008

MY PLAYGROUND: Urban Documentary

I'm sure alot of you readers have seen this in many commercials and heard about it.
Over the past few years, Parkour has grown and is now been more respected than ever.

Honestly, I cant wait till this drops in the summer, Not only because these athletes (yea, I
consider them athletes) are doing shit that I thought weren't possible but purely because the
environment(s) this video is taken place at.



Parkour is a sport on which you have to go from one point of the city to another as
efficiently and quickly as possible, overcoming any obstacles in your way: walls, fences,
trees, etc. This has made Parkour THE urban sport, included in recent pop culture videos.

Danish film maker Kaspar Astrup Schröder is currently finishing MY PLAYGROUND, a
documentary on movement, tricking, freerunning and parkour, and its relation with the
urban spaces. This documentary will features scenes with parkour masters Team Jiyo and
interviews with urban planners, local politicians, architects and philosophers.