I only found two movies at the Environmental Film Festival with a bicycle element, but that was cursory scan. The first one is local in nature, I've mentioned it on this blog before
GARDEN CYCLES BIKE TOUR (USA, 2008, 39 min.)
Chronicling a two thousand-mile, three-month-long bicycle trip made by three Washington-based, twenty-something friends, this documentary explores the budding environmental agriculture and local food movement. Traveling from the mid-Atlantic up into New England and Canada, they discover people and communities, finding solutions to the environmental excesses of industrialized agriculture. In July of 2007 they headed out from D.C. and visited sites in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York City. August saw them travel to sites throughout New York State and up to Montreal, Canada, where they turned around and headed south to Vermont. September finds them visiting sites in Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island and trekking back to our capital city. From inner-city gardens, rooftop vegetable plots and suburban farms, they uncover the reality, and challenges, of the new American farmer. Directed by Lara Sheets, Liz Tylander and Kat Chiffler. Produced by Victor Barcelona.
Date: 3/19/09 5:30 pm
Venue: Dumbarton Oaks
EURO 2008 - THE GREEN STADIUM (Austria, 2007, 50 min.)
On the paths and alleys where once the exclusive aristocratic hunting society gathered for light entertainment, today bikers and joggers meet. In the thicket of the meadows, badgers, foxes and deer are wandering around, while by the waters Mandarin ducks are mating. They were imported for hunting purposes from China more than a hundred years ago and since then have established their place in the landscape. The Danube’s bayous are not only a paradise for waterfowl of all sorts but also a haven for beavers that chop down tree after tree. Life flourishes in the meadows of the Prater, Vienna’s “green lung,” where the 2008 UEFA European Championship took place. This film portrays the diverse animal life in and around the stadium. Directed by Manfred R. Corrine. Produced by ORF, WDR and Manfred R. Corrine Filmproduktion.
Dates: 3/13/09 7:30 pm, 3/19/09 7:30 pm
Venue: Embassy of Austria
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