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The world looks to Portland, Oregon as an example of how bicycle culture can blossom out of the ruinous freeways of car-oriented civilization. Aftermass is the first feature documentary to explore the events, people, politics, and social changes that led to Portland becoming the first major bicycle city in the United States. Aftermass features many of the leaders and major participants behind the growth of bicycling ridership since 1971. The narrative demonstrates the complex dynamic throughout the 1990s between advocacy organizations, politicians, city planners, and the then new, grassroots Critical Mass ride. The film is full of smiling faces on two wheels, but also explores the controversies, setbacks, and bumps along the way, including riots, political roadblocks, and an illegal police spy. The film provides new and vital insights into Portland's transportation history as well as into paths other cities can follow to healthy planning and a green future.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• 1,000 legal documents to peruse
• 18 deleted scenes
• 21 additional short bicycle films
• downloadable soundtrack

Sales Points

• Board Choice Award Winner, Best Documentary, Eugene International Film Festival
• A blueprint for the interplay between advocates, activists, and public officials.
• Tells the 40-year history of how Portland, OR became the most bikefriendly urban area in the U.S.
• Demonstrates how grassroots action is necessary for an effective bike plan.

Press Quotes

This film is Great! Please watch it!

     —Gus Van Sant

Aftermass showed me that, contrary to what I believed twenty years ago, the bicycle activists who participated in Critical Mass were my people.

     —Elizabeth Kiker, Executive Director of Cascade

This movie will change your whole perspective on the history of the bicycle movement and your own role in the future of it.

     —Elly Blue, Bikenomics

With candid interviews from key players in Portland's bike legacy and new reporting on dubious, anti-bike police activities, the film explores what led up to Critical Mass and what has happened since the iconic protest ride has fizzled out.

     —BikePortland

Explores Portland's storied history with cycling both as a mode of transportation and as a social movement.

     —Phoenix New Times

A must-see movie for anyone who wants to know more about the Portland bike scene and how Portland became known as 'America's Bicycle Capital.

     —BloomingRock