B.I.K.E. + Warriors: The Bike Race

B.I.K.E.
Be Inclusive Kill Exclusive
Sat 16 Jun at 9.00pm
Jacob Septimus & Anthony Howard • USA 2005 • 1h29m • DVD
18 • Documentary

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Trailer (PG)

Two filmmakers infiltrate an underground bicycle club. Driven by anti-materialism and a belief that the impending apocalypse will render cars useless and leave bicycles in power, Black Label Bike Club (BLBC) battles mainstream consumer culture and rival gangs for its vision of a better tomorrow. Pulling threads from Critical Mass and the wider bike counterculture, B.I.K.E. explores such themes as radical politics, personal artistic vision, global responsibility, relationships, group formation and, perhaps most prominently, pain and love. Destined to be a cult classic.

PLUS SHORT

Michael Green & Christopher Ryan, USA 2004, 21m, Documentary

In August of 2002, over 800 bicycle riders descended upon New York City in the form of 89 gangs. Their goal: to live out the epic gang warfare movie known as The Warriors. During the all night race from the Bronx to Coney Island, riders got lost, blood was shed, police outwitted, and countless brain cells destroyed. Most of what took place that night was thankfully never to be discussed again until…. Warriors: the Bike Race.

“One of the greatest events I’ve ever attended” – filmmaker Michael Green.