This is brilliant. Came across it on the very good indeed GOOD blog.

GOOD writer Patrick James writes:

The short film "Cannonball" artfully follows a group of skaters in search of newly empty pools behind foreclosed homes in and around the arid sprawl of Fresno other inland California suburbs that have been blighted by the housing collapse and ensuing recession. It has some NSFW language, but it's undeniably powerful—and a poignant meditation on greed, materialism, and an enduring kind of joy.

Here's the full: "California is a place" project; definitely interesting and powerful film-making.

Here's the original GOOD post: http://www.good.is/post/skateboarding-in-the-empty-pools-of-california-s-rece...