What's the story?
Long Live Livi.
As in the West Lothian town?
The very same.
My interest is piqued.
A clutch of documentaries shown at this year's Glasgow Film Festival will make their television debut on BBC Scotland in the coming weeks.
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The first is Long Live Livi, directed by Parisa Urquhart and Ling Lee, which follows three young girls – known as The Snagglerats – in their bid to breathe new life into Livingston Skate Park.
Tell me more.
During the 1980s and 1990s, the park regularly attracted some of the best pro-skaters in the world. Now, almost 40 years after it first opened, its surfaces have deteriorated and become dangerous.
With the help of their mums and old-school skaters, the Snagglerats set out to learn more about Livingston's remarkable skateboarding history, viewing 8mm archive footage, photographs and magazines.
Anything else?
There's a blast from the past as international skate legend Tony Hawk fondly reminisces about visiting Livingston at a time when Scotland had one of the few skate scenes in Europe.
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Long Live Livi deftly stokes nostalgia alongside driving home an important message about getting more girls and young women into the sport.
When can I watch?
Long Live Livi is on BBC Scotland, Thursday, 8.30pm.
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