Exclusive premiere STILL WE RIDE - London thursday 16th
rampart | 07.06.2005 22:31 | G8 2005 | Ecology | Indymedia | Repression | London | South Coast
A SPECIAL FREE PRE G8 BIKE RIDE PREMIERE
... THURSDAY 16TH JUNE 8PM
***** a documentary by In Tandem Productions
*****
===== a movie about
===== bicycling, police, traffic,
===== the law, the media,
===== and the first amendment
=====
===== www.stillweridethemovie.com
On Friday August 27, 2004 just days before the start of the Republican National Convention in New York, a massive police operation was underway. By the end of the night 264 people had been arrested. It marked one of the largest mass arrests in the 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 city’s cycling 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 Critical Mass 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.
! WATCH IT IN LONDON ON THE 16TH JUNE
@ AT THE RAMPART SOCIAL CENTRE (www.rampart.co.nr)
@ 15 RAMPART STREET, LONDON E1
@ see map - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=E1+2LA&spn=0.024963,0.056793&hl=en
THIS SPECIAL FREE PREMIERE IS A UNIQUE CHANCE TO SEE THIS EXCITING FILM
AND TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE G8 BIKE RIDE - THE 500 MILE RIDE STARTING JUNE 19TH FROM LONDON TO SCOTLAND TO JOIN PROTESTS AT THE G8 SUMMIT IN JULY.
see www.g8bikeride.org.uk
+ As well as 'Still We Ride' there will be
+ presentations, footage and photos from
+ London Critcal Mass and
+ the 2005 World Naked Bike Ride (held in London this Sat 11th)
First come, first served. There is only space for 100 people
so please arrive on time if you want a seat.
ENTRY IS FREE - BUT DONATIONS APPRECIATED #
THERE WILL BE FOOD AND DRINK AVAILABLE
# Any money raised during the screening will go towards funding
the Tr(((i)))cycle Mobile Reporting Unit. A rickshaw based wireless
enabled internet internet 'cafe' which aims to provide a mobile
indymedia access point during the protests in Scotland.
A SECOND SCREENING MAY OCCUR AFTER THE NEXT LONDON CRTICAL MASS WHICH
TAKES PLACE ON FRIDAY 26TH. MEET 6PM SOUTH SIDE OF WATERLOO BRIDGE.
* this second screening is not yet confirmed.
Note: If you miss this oppotunity, the film will also be screened
later in the summer at the 2005 Bicycle Film Festival in
New York - Los Angeles - London - San Fransisco
For further information:
... about the documentary, check out www.stillweridethemovie.com
... about the world naked bike ride, www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/
... about the ride to the Scotland, see www.g8bikeride.org.uk
... about London Critical Mass, see www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk
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