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Feb 16th HIMC filmscreening: Critical Mass Movie Night
by HIMC film posse
Thursday, Feb. 02, 2006 at 5:08 PM
houston@indymedia.org
On Tuesday February 16th, Houston Indymedia will present 2 films about the Bicycle Movement called Critical Mass
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On Thursday February 16th Houston Indymedia will be presenting 2 films that look at the emergence, repression and persistance of critical mass bike rides. The films begin at 8pm at Rice Media Center.
Cyclists are meeting for a pre-movie bike ride at 6:30 at the hill above Miller outdoor theater in Herman Park
Still We Ride
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. It marked one of the largest mass arrests in New York 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 New York City's bike 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 this ride first started in San Francisco over 10 years ago and chronicles the police crackdown and resulting court battles in New York over the last twelve months. The movie takes on issues of civil liberties, surveillance, the power of mainstream media, and the benefits of alternative means of transportation.
We Are Traffic!
We Are Traffic! chronicles the history and development of the "Critical Mass" bicycle movement, one of the most spirited and dynamic social/political movements of the apathetic 90's. In over 200 cities in 14 different countries, Critical Mass has now become a monthly ritual of reclaiming the streets by bicycle activists riding en masse.
With traffic congestion, pollution, and road rage on the rise, growing numbers around the world are advocating for transportation alternatives, and Critical Mass is at the cutting edge of this mindset.
We Are Traffic! tracks this leaderless, grassroots movement from its beginnings in San Francisco in 1992 to its spread across the globe. With a radical direct-action approach the participants of Critical Mass are celebrating the bicycle and in turn taking on perhaps the century's most sacred cow: the automobile.
Still We Ride Website
We Are Traffic Website
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