TOMORROW: Best Bike-in Movie lineup I've ever seen!

This just came across the interbutts from our friend Simon Z...

After Thursday's Immigrant and Labor Rights March (4.30pm @ State Capitol), get on down to TBC for some movies and refreshments....

WHAT: Bike-in Movies

WHERE: Texas Bicycle Coalition backyard, E. 6th and Chicon (between the Cool Store and the Post Office)

WHEN: Thursday, May 1st, 7.30pm

This will be the kick off of bike month, so we've chosen movies that celebrate bike culture and people who bike every day. Feel free to bring your own short films along these lines (CD, DVD, or digital files work).

7.30pm - Return of the Scorcher (27min)

This half-hour documentary looks at bike culture and bike lifestyles around the world with beautiful and inspiring scenes of bike use filmed in China, The Netherlands, Denmark, and the U.S. In the 1890's, before automobiles ruled the roads, bicyclists were referred to as "Scorchers" because of their blazing speed. A century later, in a world filled with car-related environmental and social problems. this film shows an inspired and evolving bicycling renaissance, touching on a surprising variety of subjects including romance, rebellion, early feminism, and spirituality - all viewed within the context of bicycling.

8.00pm - Bike Like You Mean it (47min)

Film from the 1990's portraying the culture and the issues surrounding Austin's bike scene: Critical Mass, Yellow Bike Project, Spinning Wheel Project, and Amy Babich's letters to the Chronicle are all featured, to name a few. You will see a lot of familiar faces.

8.48pm - Still We ride (37min)

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 for taking part in the Critical Mass Bike Ride. It marked one of the largest mass arrests in New York City's history. Still We Ride captures the joyous atmosphere of this ride before the arrests began and also the legal aftermath. It recounts how Critical Mass first started in San Francisco over 10 years ago and chronicles the police crackdown and resulting court battles in New York. The movie takes on issues of civil liberties, surveillance, the power of mainstream media, and the benefits of alternative means of transportation.

9.26pm - Need for Speed (58min)

A documentary for the 1980's about the business of bike messengering in NYC. Lots of brightly colored spandex, mountain bikes and Madonna lookalikes.. how that world has changed.

"So you thought you knew New York? Well, get to know an entirely different New York, seen through the eyes of the city's hippest sub-culture: the hard core bicycle messengers. They adhere to only one motto, 'Either you get better or you get dead'. This film propels you into the fast and dangerous lives of these adrenaline addicts and their personal struggle for freedom and independence. They are the last free spirits in America, or as Steve 'the Greek' puts it, 'I'm Marco Polo, doomed to New York!'"

Cheers, the BT crew

Damn, he totally just beat out everyone for the first bike event of bike month. Even though each of these movies is awesome in its' own right (though I haven't seen one of them), show up for NEED FOR SPEED. Trust me. It will blow your fucking mind.