Spoke: A Short Film About NYC Bikes
For this 14-minute documentary, we interviewed journalists, sanitation workers, lawyers, and more, whose stances on the rise of cycling culture in the city—the 200 new miles of bike lanes, the launch of the Citi Bike bike share program—range from enthusiasm and indifference to fear and out-and-out, nose-wrinkling distaste.
Production Info
Title: SPOKE: A Short Film About NYC Bikes
Genre: Documentary
Release year: 2014
Length: 15 min
FESTIVALS
Williamsburg International Film Festival, Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, Manhattan Film Festival
CREDITS
Director: Heather Quinlan
Executive Producer: Daniel Ricciardi
Producer: Heather Quinlan
Editor: Hilary Walker
Cinematographers: Connor Lawson, Thomas Hassler, Christina Reilly
Featuring: Denis Hamill, Ben Lee
Press
“Having already tackled the rare beast that is the quintessential New York accent, filmmaker Heather Quinlan decided to tackle a considerably more divisive topic ... bicycles.”
— Curbed
"[B]icycling in the city has become such a contentious and divisive issue, whipping people into a froth on both sides of the argument … [but] for Quinlan, the bike issue is not black or white.”
— Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York