Made Here
Axel
Clip: Season 19 Episode 11 | 15m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
AXEL is an experimental documentary exploring themes of childhood and rebellion.
Directed by Tom Mull, film produced and located in Burlington, Vermont. Axel is an experimental documentary which explores themes of childhood and rebellion through the lens of a 14-year-old skateboarder, musician and graffiti artist in Vermont. A short film selected from the 2023 Made Here Film Festival, co-produced by Vermont Public and VTIFF.
Made Here is a local public television program presented by Vermont Public
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Made Here
Axel
Clip: Season 19 Episode 11 | 15m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Directed by Tom Mull, film produced and located in Burlington, Vermont. Axel is an experimental documentary which explores themes of childhood and rebellion through the lens of a 14-year-old skateboarder, musician and graffiti artist in Vermont. A short film selected from the 2023 Made Here Film Festival, co-produced by Vermont Public and VTIFF.
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One of my myself going around some people are that's not science that's messing around songs is when you like have your hood up and you're like walking all weird because you're like about to do a tigers on do that or you're like actually you yeah but you know it's okay because I'm a kid, I'm doing the human reproductive system and I have to give a presentation on it in class with two girls.
Now I actually look at how look, this is for oh, I passed out again today too.
It's not good.
Nine, don't you?
You you passed.
Didn't you do it last night.
Yeah.
You have to stand up That didnt work, but I still feel really good.
But you got that whole box right there.
Do not return destroying.
It's frustrating for a parent because the evidence you have we think is pretty poor.
We found items on that you had buy those all the stories this note this guy is an artist and there was the same type of thought in one way then I would love to see it going to happen in court.
Oh, oh, did we not even man, do I have to like swim to get to a spot or do I can I just jump on had a homie and pull someone out of the lake one time he did die.
I guess we're going to jump say like broken leg or something.
And they drowned.
And then I.
They're just like floating on top of the surface.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Na na na.
Do I do it?
Do I have one of those gnarly hill balling slam?
Yeah.
Oh, oh, no.
Yeah.
Hey, armpits.
No.
So finally before he doesn't hurt so bad.
No, that feels fine.
Yeah, that is.
That's what that feels.
Totally feels.
My, that hurts a little bit, but yo, ten guys are trying to jump me at a dog right now.
This this kid scope all of his friends and he's getting them all hyped up and yeah, it's kind of a joke because I went over like a tag of his at various.
So now there's ten like like kids my age just like, waiting for me to come and fight.
It's crazy.
I would never have had any of this.
This is all him.
I think it's all stupid.
It feels strange to say it, but like I even say, you know, graduating from high school.
But like, that fight is kind of like the real graduation because it's like such a test, like the resolve and to, like, handle the fear.
All right, scopes here.
Let's have it out for, like, 2 minutes.
If he wants it over.
So I know.
Bring him over.
Did you hear what I saw?
You know, I was randomly going back.
I wasn't like, oh, I'm going to go to park right now.
Yeah.
I was on my way home.
Yeah.
Full throwdown right now.
I how?
Like a fist fight.
Yeah, over what?
Yeah, right.
Like.
Oh, oh, oh, man.
He brought it on ourselves.
Skateparks we have to worry about them screaming at us.
Yo back when I got up on the top, the whole skatepark right here was on on the inside.
And I took one and they're going to come here and then they're not going to come to this house.
They come to this house.
Oh, they want them the cops in a clean mop.
The cops will be called by every one of the neighbors.
Oh, no, we can't come here like that.
On my birthday, when I was hiding in the basement.
Oh, my gosh.
Thanks for ruining is what?
Everything all right?
Well, so my theory is, after in the afterlife, when you die, like you just go to where you believe you will go.
You know, if I was Buddhist, I'd be reborn.
You know, if I was Christian, I would go to heaven.
And if I was a Satanist, I would go to hell.
Yeah.
Or like if I was, you know, I don't want to be mean, like, cause I don't, I don't want to offend other religion because I just don't know.
So I'm not I'm just I'm saying examples of like, you know, I mean, does that make sense to you?
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