2011-09-11 Herne Hill Velodrome Free Outdoor Film

** Herne Hill Velodrome Free Outdoor Film **

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Free bike-powered cinema
BREAKING AWAY
Sunday 11 September 2011, 8.30pm
Plus ride around the track on your own bike 6.45-8pm
Herne Hill Velodrome
Burbage Road, Herne Hill, SE24 9HE
The outdoor bike-powered cinema at Herne Hill Velodrome is back, with the screening of cycling classic Breaking Away on Sunday 11 September.
Volunteers will take it in turns to ride the bikes needed to power the equipment, creating a magical green evening of free cinema fun enjoyed by children and adults alike. The bike-powered technology will be supplied by our friends at Electric Pedals.
Before the films, the newly-relaid velodrome track will be open between 6.45-8pm (weather permitting) for a free session, with children and adults enjoying a rare chance to ride their bikes around a real Olympic velodrome. Just bring your own bike.
Breaking Away (dir Paul Yates, 1979, cert 12, 101 mins) is an unerringly accurate coming of-age story about four discontented blue-collar 18-year-old boys spending their last summer of freedom in a midwestern university town, unemployed and patronised by snobbish students.
A teenage dreamer becomes obsessed with cycling and adopts an Italian persona to distance himself from his father. 'Funny, deeply moving, painfully honest: at the end you feel good in a rather special way.' Guardian
Food and drink will be on sale.
Hundreds of people turned out on a pleasant evening in April to watch our first bike-powered cinema at this 1948 Olympic venue, and this evening is set to be equally special. Audience comments from the April event included:

• 'This is one of the most amazing events for building a community I have ever seen.'
  
• 'I have had a great time and would like to come back. Brilliant idea'
  
• 'I think these events beautifully enhance society and culture.'
  
  

Presented by Free Film Festivals in association with Herne Hill Velodrome, Electric Pedals, Hackney Bicycle Film Society and Save the Velodrome.

sounds brilliant, are non-track bikes alowed on the track?

Yes non track bikes are allowed

Rad.

This looks ace. So in.

And before the cycling and film night, there is the biggest track race meeting of the year, so make a day of it, and see some of the best regional and and ntional track riders in action. All for free, with bee and food avaliable
http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com/sessions-and-events/davecreasymemorial

What a good idea! Sounds awesome.

sweet :)

The weathers good so the film is still happening tonight

this was a lot of fun.