Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story | Netflix
Documentary
From Netflix, Pulse Films, a division of VICE Media Group, and Flower Films comes a raw and immersive feature film that follows competitive skateboarding icon Leo Baker in the lead up to the 2020 Olympics. As he faces the sharpening stakes and intensifying disconnect between how the world sees him and who he knows himself to be, the pressure to keep on the course or be true to himself comes to a career and life-defining turning point. Stay on Board is Leo's journey balancing the gendered world of sports, transition, society, and skate culture, which ultimately leads him to
Celebrated skateboarder Leo Baker shares the details of his rise to fame and the clash between his career and self-discovery as a trans man.
Produced by Pulse Films
★★★★
“Riveting and inspiring”
– The Queer Review
B+
“the film offers an important window into the daily indignities all trans people face”
– IndieWire
“The directors have made a compact film, but their footage packs a punch”
– The New York Times
Best Documentary Feature Winner at L.A. Outfest
GLAAD Media Award Nominated for Outstanding Documentary
Queerty Nominated for Best Documentary