WHITE ROCK SKATE

Directed by Mary Dauterman / Co-writer Jenny Donheiser / 2018 / 8 min

A delusional woman desperately clings to an abandoned skating rink and her memories of it.

Celia has a deep, irrational attachment to her childhood skating rink. When it’s about to become another bulldozed lot in a strip mall, she makes it her life’s mission to save it. Even though she can’t find a single person who cares. White Rock Skate explores obsession with the past and the importance we place on physical spaces. Featuring music by The Polyphonic Spree.

Mary Dauterman is a writer and director whose short films have been selected for multiple Vimeo Staff Picks, screened at dozens of festivals including Fantastic Fest, Palm Springs Shortfest, Maryland Film Festival, and Fantasia, and featured on NoBudge, Vulture, Booooooom, and TEDWomen. She’s written and directed projects for Adult Swim. She is originally from Texas and now lives in Brooklyn.