Bicycle Film Festival: 8 Films
One showing of an eight-film program.
11:15 PM EDT on May 15, 2007
One showing of an eight-film program.
- BICYCLE SAMBA
UK 2005 | DV | 2 min.
Dir. Sophie Clements
Samba on bicycles! All sounds directly from the bikes – no added or altered sounds. - YELLOW JACKET
France 2005 | Animation | 6 min.
Dir. Bruno Collet
Bicycle racing hijinx by the beach. - PUMP
USA 2006 | Super 8 | 5 min.
Dir. Sinisa Kukic
A super 8 camera mounted to various components of a fixed gear bicycle. - ERIC NG MEMORIAL RIDE
USA 2006 | Super 8 | 3 min.
Dir. Nick Golebiewski
This film follows the ride for Eric Ng whom was killed by a drunk driver in an SUV on an off-street bike path on the West Side Highway. - BACK TO BACK
USA 2002 | 16mm | 4 min
Dir. H’her Lenz
A cycling enthusiast builds an unusual bicycle for himself and his wife and learns there is more to bike riding than winning races. - REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE
UK 2005 | 16mm | 8 min.
Dir. Joseph Knowles
A jazz-inflected documentary tells the story of a day in the life of a bicycle factory. - EAT! SLEEP? BIKES!
USA 2007 | DV | 26 min.
Dir. Sasha Edge
Four friends embark on a 508 mile non-stop 46 hour bike ride through Death Valley, California climbing and descending 35,000 ft. on fixed gear bicycles. - WE JUST WORK HERE
World Premiere
USA 2007 | Super-8 | 40 min.
Dir. Brian Vernor
Every luscious shot in this film exudes love of the bicycle. This film follows the workers of Santa Cruz Bicycles from the factory to the trails, streets and track. The track shots are so beautiful they would inspire any street fixie rider to head for their local track. Legendary skater Rob Roskopp founded a company on passion for the bicycle. The workers of Sana Cruz share this passion through playing and working together.
Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.
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