Portraits of Route 66

"Skaters, bikers and bladers share philosophical musings on Los Angeles’ obsessive car culture"

With a camera in one hand and a skateboard in the other, filmmaker Adam Abada cruised from Pasadena to Santa Monica to uncover the relationship between identity and mobility in Los Angeles. In a city where public transport is avoided like the plague and any evidence of walking is met with incredulity, the car has become king.