Often, a scene-survey doc that takes on so much — cultural history, present-day portraiture, regional distinctions, celebrity interviews, fly-on-the-wall reportage — can play as scattershot. That’s not so with United Skates. Round and round it flows — why not jump on in?

Alan Scherstuhl

L.A. Weekly

This is a passion project in the best sense of the word, a movie in which the ingenuity and dedication of the filmmakers illuminate the same qualities in their subjects.

Teo Bugbee

The New York Times

Infused with nostalgia, United Skates is also an infectious call to arms, noting the way in which communities are starting to fight back.