Ryan Henry Mekenian
Writer/Director/Producer
For Los Angeles natives living in the early 1900’s, bicycles and streetcars shared the road as our primary modes of transportation. But the arrival of the freeway effectively wiped them out. Today, a collective of cycling communities fight for protected bike lanes and road safety, determined to bring a new era of mobility justice to the city.
Narration By Jeremy Sisto
JEREMY SISTO is an actor, writer, and producer known for his roles in the films Clueless, Thirteen, Waitress, & Frozen II and the T.V. shows Law & Order, F.B.I., Six Feet Under, & Suburgatory, the latter of which he was nominated for Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. In 2014, Sisto wrote, produced, and starred in Break Point.
"Brilliantly celebrates L.A. riders and indeed an ever-growing community of cyclists." - UK Film Review
Award Winner
Best Doc Short First Prize, Oscar-qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival (2021)
Best Documentary Short, Annapolis Film Festival (2023)
Best Film for Change, BAFTA-qualifying Bolton International Film Festival (2021)
Best Short Documentary, Arpa International Film Festival (2022)
Golden Helmet, Filmed By Bike Film Festival (2021)
Virginia Dares Cinematic Arts Award for Decolonizing/Re-Indigenizing Media (2020)
Better Cities Film Festival (2020)
Official Selection
American Pavilion/New Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival (2022)
Oscar-qualifying Edmonton International Film Festival (2021)
Oscar-qualifying Bogotá Short Film Festival (2021)
BAFTA-qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (2022)
Canadian Screen Award-qualifying Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival (2021)
Canadian Screen Award-qualifying Yellowknife International Film Festival (2021)
Santa Fe International Film Festival (2022)
Los Angeles Short Film Festival (2021)
Bicycle Film Festival (2021)
For a complete list of festivals & awards, and distribution information, please contact Sandrine Cassidy at cassidy@cinema.usc.edu.
