Synopsis Solving the Global Mystery of Sneaker Tossing
They hang like bats on telephone lines in major cities around the world. Sneaker tossing is seen as both blight and beauty and has created a global phenomenon that has caused debate from its beginnings. So why do people throw sneakers on telephone wires?
From losing your virginity to gang funeral-rites to modern street art, sneaker tossing has spawned various myths both hilarious and sinister. It has also given rise to an online public desperate for an explanation. This experimental documentary will seek an answer to the mystery of flying-kicks once and for all.
The filmmakers will be calling on the global public to help them solve this mystery and make the film. Using a SKYPE hotline anyone can phone in their sneaker tossing theories and stories. These recorded stories will form an audio collage that will then have animation, film and other bits of visual arcana forming the vision. The public can also donate photographs, video or animation towards the final film.