There have been celebratory documentaries about parkour in the past, including 2019's Run Free and Jump London back in 2003 but this film from Peter Day, while capturing the adrenaline and the friendship that can spring from it, strikes a much more sombre note about the general urban malaise that leads many to give this a go and just how high risk the pastime can be. He may not directly instruct people not to try this for themselves but by the end of the film, the material will surely nudge youngsters towards that conclusion.
Day - who has produced a number of gritty urban factual series, including Scam City and Underworld Inc - expands on his BBC short Parkour Changed Our Lives (currently on iPlayer) and comes at parkour from the perspective of two young working-class lads from in Guildford, Surrey, Rikke Brewer and Aiden Knox. The short has a lot of voiceover,...
Day - who has produced a number of gritty urban factual series, including Scam City and Underworld Inc - expands on his BBC short Parkour Changed Our Lives (currently on iPlayer) and comes at parkour from the perspective of two young working-class lads from in Guildford, Surrey, Rikke Brewer and Aiden Knox. The short has a lot of voiceover,...
- 6/24/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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