In a time of gentrification and city struggle, where sky rocketing rent is increasing alongside food stamp lines, New York City is changing fast. 

EMPIRE SKATES follows a group of diverse, uplifting and eccentric New Yorkers holding onto an era long gone.  Roller skating to disco beats, with mullets and xx, their unity and joy are both infectious and mesmerizing. In the past decade, every single rink has closed around them, yet they still find reason to celebrate.

With over 800 languages, 300 religions, 50 million visitors and 20 million residents, Central Park is the heart of New York City, and this community is dancing through it’s epicenter. 

"Their world is utterly magical .... so captivating that everyone who crosses their path is instantly uplifted "   -- Tourist, Central Park