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@JAH_tim
Greetings folks,
Well I thought I should do a little match report on the Sunchasers program on Saturday.
Got up to the Barbican to find Laura and Tibbs sipping coffee in the entrance hall. His film had gone down well the night before (congratulations....!!!) and I think the LFGSS party had gone down rather well too....
I brought along my wife, two Bredrins and a friend and his daughter, we all got in, lights down and then the credits rolled.
The first film – Save the bike lane was a rather slick film with lots of track bikes and not many brakes about the bike lanes of Seoul.
Next up was My crazy life about a BMX rider. It was bit like a red bull advert / pop video following him around the world. Nice young lad and clearly on top of his sport. I was feeling pretty middle aged as I thought how can you let them film your room with mess, washing and cans of drinks all over the place. For me I have to make sure the hoovering, washing up etc is all done, otherwise I cannot concentrate on the ride.
Well next up was Peace and Lovely Tailoring. It seemed to go down well and we got the first round of applause of the afternoon. I could hardly bear to watch, but felt very proud and a little bit terrified.
Next up was Sunchasers, an hour long film about 3 ladies at varying points of their cycling careers coping with their disability, life etc as they built up to the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. It was a nice film, triumph over adversity type thing. I particularly liked Barbara, who’s life was completely changed by a horrific crash as a top able bodied cyclist. Since then she has gradually put her life back on track and is now back on a bike.
So then the credits rolled and we hung on to do a bit of basking in the glory aka having a coffee and chatting stuff. As I headed home with my wife and Bredrin we saw people outside I think getting ready for the messenger race in Silk Street.
Now back at work after a great weekend and dreaming about doing our next film hopefully before next spring. It has been a wonderful time and we thank again those who gave us the chance to do this and have it screened... It has taken my mind off the heavier things I have to deal with in life. My two Bredrins who came had never been to the Barbican before so that is good for them. We also had roots rock reggae blasting out the Barbican, if only for a few minutes, so again that is good for Rasta and for people who have not come across it before.
Big thanks again to everyone who gave us the chance.
Big thanks to the forum for the friendly support.
Peace and Love,
Tim