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A group of teenagers in oversized hoodies huddle around a candy-red Motorola Razr. The camera shakes violently as the person filming laughs, the audio peaking into a distorted crackle. In the center of the frame, a boy attempts a skateboard trick off a curb. He lands it, but the low frame rate makes his movement look like a series of disjointed ghosts.
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The grainy, staccato footage opens on a school courtyard in 2008. The colors are washed out—the sky is a blown-out white, and the grass is a neon, pixelated green. A group of teenagers in oversized hoodies huddle