What’s it that motivates somebody to trip a bicycle all the way in which throughout the USA?
Some do it for the bragging rights. Others do it to see the nation. And others nonetheless do it as a bodily take a look at of their stamina. However for a lot of, touring lengthy distances on a bicycle is a chance to take a therapeutic look inward and are available to phrases with who they’re now, and (extra importantly) who they need to change into sooner or later.
Mark Vashro is one such particular person, who at a really younger age, cycled throughout the USA on a loaded touring bicycle and used his cross-country journey as a chance to study extra about each his nation and himself, whereas on the similar time documenting his experiences in a brand new feature-length film titled, “Bike In opposition to The Wind.”
By way of manufacturing worth, this self-shot documentary is what you would possibly anticipate to see of any younger man biking throughout the nation on his personal. There are many static tripod photographs and clips of Mark speaking to himself. The road-side interviews Mark performs are messy and unprofessional at occasions, however they’re charming in a approach and work to seize each the chaos and confusion that happens whenever you’re touring by bike and assembly a stranger on the aspect of the street (or of their dwelling). Plus, there are are some quick, however touching animated segments scatted all through the movie that convey the whole documentary to an entire new degree of deepness. So, whereas the movie could also be missing on the cinematography entrance, it greater than makes up for it in its total message.
Bike In opposition to The Wind is a documentary that actually captures what it’s to be a teen, struggling to determine who you on this planet and the place you need to go. By way of a sequence of quick, animated “sketches” and candid one-on-one interviews, we comply with Mark Vashro on his cross-country bicycle touring journey whereas on the similar time getting an inside glimpse into each the folks of America and ourselves.
To observe Bike In opposition to The Wind and study extra about Mark Vashro and his cross-country bike trip, go to the web site at www.bikeagainstthewind.com