Bicycle Film Festival: Program Four
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 3:00 - 4:30 PM
Henry Auditorium
$10, $9 Henry Members (Enter discount code HENRY)
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STANDING START
UK 2007 | DV 12min.
Dir. Adrian McDowall and Finlay Pretsell
Standing Start offers insight into Olympian and World Champion Track Sprinter Craig MacLean, his unflinching focus and preparation.
PARIS VISION
France 2009 | HD Video 5min
Dir. Renaud Skyronka
Bike polo, tricks and fixed gears in the “city of lights” Paris.
THE SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACES
USA 2006 | DV 60min.
Dir. Mark Tyson
Discover the original American form of bicycle racing when the track was king. Traces the history of the forgotten sport from early days in the 1880s through the sad demise in the 1950s. Interviews bring to life the Six-Day Bicycle Race. The film shares the excitement of an era when a bike rider could make in six days what his father might earn in six years.