Bikeology Movies at the Metro - Mon, Jun 14 2010

Bikeology Movies at the Metro (6/14/2010)

The Basics:
Event Type:		Social
Event Location:		Rice theatre in the Citadel Theatre Building
Date(s) & Time:		Mon, Jun 14 2010  6:40 PM
Registration Cut Off:		Mon, Jun 14 2010 6:40:00 PM
Event Duration:		'til 9PM
Difficulty Rating:		D1: Easy
Event Coordinator(s):		Brent S (Polé Polé) Rhonda S You must be logged in to get the Event Coordinator contact information.
Member Cost:		None
Participant Info:
Who's Invited:		Members Only, 18 And Older Only
Maximum Group Size:		12
Minimum Group Size:		6
Number Registered So Far:		6 (To see who's signed up, log in to the Member Area)
Are Dogs Permitted:		No
Itinerary:
Feature Presentation: ‘PEDAL’ USA, 2001, 52 minutes, directed by Peter Sutherland. All movie events start with “Barb’s Bike Shorts” (22 min), prizes and more. Movie: PEDAL – Pedal is a face paced documentary film about surviving in the streets of New York as a bicycle messenger. It features messengers from all walks of life as they battle traffic in a race to make their next delivery on time. Pedal allows the viewer to live the spectacle of delivery, without the bruises and near misses that make up the daily life of a bicycle messenger. Before the feature, we’re playing ‘‘One Got Fat’ USA, 1963, 15 minutes, directed by Dale Jennings. A group of children, all wearing ape masks, ride their bicycles to the park for a picnic. Does Rooty-Toot Jasperson or Mossby Pomegranate know enough about bike safety to make it to the park? This strange film was narrated by Edward Everett Horton (you may remember him as Roaring Chicken from F-Troop). A classic bike safety film that you will never forget. ‘Cyclewala – The Bicycle Doctor’India/USA, 2007, 3m 18s, directed by the Swajana Collaborators Pravin Swaminathan Pillai (35), a bicycle repairer, conducts his business at a lane in Koregaon Park, Pune. Because of his family’s bad economic condition he had to quit his school in the fifth standard. Since then he started repairing bicycles. He has been doing this job for the past 15 years and with the savings of 15 hardworking years; he is all set to buy his own shop and conduct the same business on a larger scale. Swajana means “our people”. It’s a collaboration between an Indian and a U.S. video team. The goal is to show daily life in India through the eyes of people who actually live there. The U.S. team simply helps to solve technical problems and do promotion. The Indian team chooses all the stories and does the production. http://swajana.com/ ‘The Bike Medic’ USA, 2008, 4m, directed by James O’Brien In Geneva, Illinois, a paramedic and part time entrepreneur named Mike Palombi, provides on site bike repair to his community. ‘The Lamps – 20 inches of Monkey’ USA, date unknown, 4m, director unknown, courtesy of archive.org Using footage from the classic safety film One Got Fat, The Lamps, blast out punk rock music in their ape masks, and of course, on their bikes. Meet near the box office (look for the yellow EOC volunteer cap) between 6:40 and 6:45.
Required Items to Bring: $10 for admission (just in case... we think this one is free, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared) $ for refreshments Recommended Items to Bring: Use our Event Checklists to make sure you have everything you need.
How to Get There:
Event Directions:		9828-101 A-Ave
Notes:
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