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*D.I.Y. America*
D.I.Y. America
Genre	Documentary
Created by	Aaron Rose
Directed by	Aaron Rose
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producers	Jon Barlow, Jared Moshe, Ravi Anne, Bill Davenport, Arlo Rosner, Janice Grube, Aaron Rose
Camera setup	Tobin Yelland
Running time	approx. 5 minutes
Production companies	WKE (WKEntertainment); BlackLake Productions; Sidetrack Films
Original release
Release	December 2009 –; present

D.I.Y. America is a 2009 web video documentary series by director Aaron Rose and co-produced by BlackLake Productions. It was produced by WKE (WKEntertainment) and premiered on December 1, 2009^[1].

Subject Matter

The series is a documentary based exploration into the American subcultures of skateboarding^[2], graffiti, street art, punk and hip hop, focusing on topics like creativity and perseverance^[3].

DIY America was assembled using additional footage shot, but never included, in Beautiful Losers.^[4]

Episode List

#	Title	Original air date
01	"Skate & Create"	December 1, 2009 (2009-12-01)
Skate and Create explores the strange hybrid of skateboarding and creativity. The first episode of part one explores the fundamental basics of this connection, speaking to skate/music/film icons such as Tony Hawk, Thurston Moore, Jason Lee, Shepard Fairey, and others. The second half gets into the subject of "Outsiderness" and how both skateboarders and artists find a surrogate family based on their mutual alienation. Featuring Andy Jenkins, Harmony Korine, Chris Johanson, Larry Clark and Chris Pastras
02	"Swoon"	December 8, 2009 (2009-12-08)
The camera follows Swoon (artist) around her native Brooklyn one afternoon as she puts up pieces in the street and talks about her work.
03	"Perseverance"	December 22, 2009 (2009-12-22)
Part 2 of the Skate and Create series focuses on the steep learning curve in skateboarding and how it affects creativity. Skateboarders and creatives such as Tommy Guerrero, Ray Barbee, Geoff McFetridge, Thomas Campbell and others talk about the idea that “falling down” is okay.

References

^ "BlackLake and Therapy Deliver 'DIY America'". Videography. December 21, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-07. Wieden+Kennedy Entertainment (WKE) is a broadband channel (Web distribution platform) that goes live Dec. 1 […] DIY America is made up of Webisodes from three to five minutes in length about art, inspiration and creation from BlackLake Productions, which tapped Therapy to handle editorial and finishing duties.
^ "Individuality, Creativity, Aggression". Flux Action Sports. Retrieved 2010-01-07. The piece is evidently a start of a series focusing on how skateboarders and skateboarding culture has always had a creative mission, focus on self expression and drive for individuality. They speak to many influential people who's perspectives were changed by skateboarding and ended up making a life and career out of creativity.
^ Drew Stewart (December 30, 2009). "D.I.Y. America Ep 2". Hometown Heroes Am Skateboard Tour. Retrieved 2010-01-07. The familiar faces from Beautiful Losers speak to one of the great benefits of skateboarding: perseverance. Like mama always says, 'if at first you don't succeed, try, try, again.'
^ Shelley Lee Jones (December 8, 2009). "DIY America 'Skate and Create': Series exploring the American skate punk ethos". HUCK Magazine. Retrieved 2009-01-07. The episodes feature interviews and excerpts from the Beautiful Losers documentary that never made it to the final edit.

External links

Category:American documentary films Category:Documentaries about visual artists Category:2009 films

[BlackLake-1] "BlackLake and Therapy Deliver 'DIY America'". Videography. December 21, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-07. Wieden+Kennedy Entertainment (WKE) is a broadband channel (Web distribution platform) that goes live Dec. 1 […] DIY America is made up of Webisodes from three to five minutes in length about art, inspiration and creation from BlackLake Productions, which tapped Therapy to handle editorial and finishing duties.

[2] "Individuality, Creativity, Aggression". Flux Action Sports. Retrieved 2010-01-07. The piece is evidently a start of a series focusing on how skateboarders and skateboarding culture has always had a creative mission, focus on self expression and drive for individuality. They speak to many influential people who's perspectives were changed by skateboarding and ended up making a life and career out of creativity.

[3] Drew Stewart (December 30, 2009). "D.I.Y. America Ep 2". Hometown Heroes Am Skateboard Tour. Retrieved 2010-01-07. The familiar faces from Beautiful Losers speak to one of the great benefits of skateboarding: perseverance. Like mama always says, 'if at first you don't succeed, try, try, again.'

[4] Shelley Lee Jones (December 8, 2009). "DIY America 'Skate and Create': Series exploring the American skate punk ethos". HUCK Magazine. Retrieved 2009-01-07. The episodes feature interviews and excerpts from the Beautiful Losers documentary that never made it to the final edit.

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