Pedal Power in Greece
Who would have thought that Greece is after pedal power and that Magnificent Revolution crew will be lucky enough to be invited to Greece to take part in the 49th International Thessaloniki Film Festival. So it is! Tomorrow morning Magnificent Revolution is setting of on a 3 day train journey to Greece to teach them how to build their own pedal powered cinema and of course show some pedal powered films. We’re very excited about this opportunity and a bit sad that we had to turn a few bike power lovers down over here on the western island. We won’t be around for the whole of November. We’ll be blogging it..so watch this space!
Women and Cycling
This blog is arriving slightly late but we promise you’ll enjoy reading it. While ago we’ve successfully attended the Sunday Cycle Picnic in London, an event trying to encourage woman to get on bikes. We screened Belleville Rendesvouz and wonderful film programme of vintage cycle films curated by Ray Pascoe. As this event was all about the ladies and their two wheeled companions, Magnificent Revolution welcomed our youngest female volunteer. Her name is Taeko and she may just become our technical support.
We were happy to attend this event as woman and cycling have some history. In history of female and male inequality the bicycle became a tool of autonomy. With the help of bicycle, woman could get them selves from A to B without the dependence on men. Bicycle meant freedom. With the bike came off the corsets and on came the bloomers.
And just to spice it up a bit at the end.. the first woman to go around the world on a bicycle was Annie Londoderry. She was paid by a water company to become a cycling billboard and to even take up same last name as the Londoderry Lithia Spring Water company. She took off around the world becoming a mobile advertisement. What an amazing accomplishment. Shame it was all in the name of advertising. 
Bicycle Picnic
| September 7, 2008 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
We were invited to put on a pedal powered cinema at the Sunday Cycle Picnic in London Fields. Curator from the BFI is putting together a programme of films that we’ll pedal power midday onwards till about 5pm. Ladies need a bit of encouragement to get on the two wheeled beasties and cycle picnic is creating an opportunity specifically for that. It’s a fact that more gents than ladies cycle. Cycling is often perceived as male dominated territory and it’s time for the ladies to end this tragic situation. We’ve come to help once more! If you need a bit of chic for the picnic then visit London Cycle Chic
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