Bicycle Film Festival
Posted May 12, 2005 by in Events
Tonight is the beginning of the Bicycle Film Festival, a long weekend full of pro-bike movies at Anthology Film Archives. Two highlights from tomorrow's listings are a short about Josh Kinberg's Bikes Against Bush project, a brilliant project from last summer (think sky-writing, but with a bike), and the much-anticipated Still We Ride, a documentary about the Bloomberg/NYPD crackdown against Critical Mass. From the advance:
On Friday August 27, 2004 just days before the start of the Republican National Convention, a massive police operation was underway. By the end of the night 264 people were arrested. It marked one of the largest mass arrests in New York City's history - and the arrested had done nothing illegal.For many New Yorkers, August was the first time they heard of what has become a monthly ritual for New York City’s bike community – a free-forming ride called Critical Mass.
Still We Ride is a documentary that captures the joyous atmosphere of this August ride before the arrests began and the chaos that followed. It recounts how this ride first started in San Francisco over 10 years ago and chronicles the police crackdown and resulting court battles in New York over the last seven months. The movie takes on issues of civil liberties, surveillance, the power of mainstream media, and the benefits of alternative means of transportation.
Check the full schedule here. Here's the essential info:
Thurs., May 12 - Sun. May 15
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Avenue (at 2nd Street)
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