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| Getting Nowhere Faster | |
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| Produced by | Villa Villa Cola |
| Starring | Vanessa Torres Amy Caron Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins Alex White |
| Distributed by | Element |
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Running time | 45 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Getting Nowhere Faster is a 2004 American documentary about female skateboarders. The documentary features skateboarding footage of the world's best female skateboarders, as well as a fiction film called The Skatepark Hauntings of Debbie Escalante. The skateboarding footage is interwoven with scenes from the film. The DVD features an option to watch only the skateboarding footage, or the storyline sections of the feature.
Debbie Escalante and her partner, the Cowboy, haunt a skate park, until a group of female skaters leave their dance class to combat Debbie.
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