It all started one hot summer day in Amman, Jordan, a skater landed a sick trick in front of his crew... ‘that trick was sour, man’... not too much is sweet in the war plagued Middle East, but that doesn’t stop life, and life is better than sweet... it’s SOUR.

Already familiar with images of war and destruction from the media, this film asks the real question... “What does an instrument of peace look like?” Filmed during the Lebanon/Israel War of 2006, SOUR features a youthful ensemble of top Arab and Israeli skate talent, including Idan “Aziz” Abra, Noam“ Jimmi” Beer, Tzahi Einat, Udi Hasson, Mohammed Kahil, Omar Nash, Saif Qaisi, Hamzeh Zahran, and Mohammed Zakaria.

In essence, ‘Sour’ is a film about doing the things you love with people you’re not supposed to like. >
SOUR NEWS ::
 Reflecting on the crisis in Gaza we invite you to read a perspective from Seth Miller, one of the cameramen for Sour. >
// Hashemite Zion Alchemy February 28, 2009 Santa Monica, CA
The Sour Crew hosts the Hashemite Zion Alchemy LA event at Dakota Lounge. It includes live performances of Arab and Jewish Hip Hop dynamically combined with the first peace summit hosted by Arab and Jewish skateboarders caught on tape and cut into the documentary, "Sour: 4 Peace in the Middle East". The Hashemite Zion Alchemy event unites people from various traditions and cultures through another urban artform, hip hop.

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// The Hashemite Zion Alchemy art show and film screening of Sour at Trinity University in Texas was a huge success. See the photos from the show here.
Big Up to Retna and Justin Borsuk for the decks on display.

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 // Our friend Retna from the Seventh Letter has been hard at work doing some amazing art. Check out his latest murals at www.digitalretna.com

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// Sour received the Best Content Award at Boston International Film Festival June 6-14, 2008

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 // Nathan and Esther are headed to the Middle East to host an art show, Eastern Exposure, at the DAG Gallery in Saudi Arabia. The other goals of the trip are to reconnect with the Sour skaters as well as do some volunteer work at Al-Tariq in Palestine.

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// Moey is hard at work planning the grand opening of the first skate shop in Jordan. The tentative date is March 15 with ramps, skate contests, and DJ's being lined up. Stay tuned. www.skatejo.com

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// Hamzeh, Omar, and Saif from Jordan are now in the USA for studies. Hopefully they are doing more skating than studying, right! Updates to come.

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// Sour premiered in the Middle East, May 13-17, 2008
at the Eilat International Film Festival

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// Sour Director Nathan Gray completed another skate documentary, Smile.
Check it out!

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