Illegal Civilization, also known as IC, is an American skateboarding company and movie studio founded in

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by Mikey Alfred. The brand produces clothing, accessories, skateboards, and videos. Outside of skateboarding, Illegal Civilization produces music videos, documentaries, and original short films. Illegal Civilization is affiliated with the hip-hop collective

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. They filmed documentaries following the creation of

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's albums ''Wolf'' and ''Cherry Bomb''. Founder Mikey Alfred was a co-producer on

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's debut film ''

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'', and the film featured Illegal Civilization skate team members

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, Ryder McLaughlin, Olan Prenatt, Kevin White and

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History

The company was founded in 2008 by Mikey Alfred and his friends. Initially, they filmed skate videos and handed out t-shirts around

. When Alfred was 15, skateboarder and rapper

introduced Alfred to

, and Alfred became

's personal videographer. Alfred passed out merchandise and DVDs while on tour with Tyler, the Creator and

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, and Illegal Civilization began to gain recognition. In 2016, the skateboard distributor Baker Boys Distribution began distributing Illegal Civilization merchandise. In 2020, Illegal Civilization released the critically acclaimed ''Godspeed'' (2020)

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directed by Davonte Jolly. After the release of ''Godspeed'', IC turned Alex Midler, Kevin White, and Zach Saraceno pro. In May of 2022, Alex Midler, Kevin White, and Zach Saraceno all quit illegal Civ after not being paid for over a year.

Filmography

In 2017, Illegal Civilization released a short film starring

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. Later that year, they began releasing their original mini-series, ''Summer of '17'', starring Illegal Civilization members alongside cameos from rappers Tyler, the Creator and

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Feature Films

* North Hollywood (2021)

Short Films

* ''Spark of Life (2011)'' * ''IC1'' (2012) * ''Tyler the Creator's Making of Wolf Documentary'' (2013) * ''IC2'' (2014) * ''Tyler the Creator's Cherry Bomb Documentary'' (2017) *''IC3'' (2018) * ''Godspeed'' (2020)

Mini-Series

* ''Summer of '17 (2017-2019) - (3 Episodes)''

Collaborations

* The skate team appeared in Season 4 of the

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television series, ''Ballers'', in 2017. * In August 2018, Illegal Civilization released 3 pairs of shoes in collaboration with

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. * Illegal Civilization released a t-shirt in collaboration with

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for the 2018 release of ''

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.'' *The team were featured as cast and crew members in

's feature film

and released a merchandise collection to promote the film with

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References

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