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Pedal
2001 · Film · documentary · 52 min
Directed by Peter Sutherland
Pedal is a fast-paced documentary film about surviving in the streets of New York City as a bicycle messenger. It features messengers from all walks of life as they battle traffic in a race to make their next delivery on time. Directed by Sutherland and produced by Ana Lombardo, Pedal the documentary lets viewers live the spectacle of the delivery itself. It premiered in 2001 at the South by Southwest film festival, and was later acquired by the Sundance channel, where it aired until 2004.
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> They dash in between traffic and blatantly ignore any applicable traffic rule. Not even bikers in India and China dare to ride this fast in traffic.
There is nothing new about this. NYC bike messengers have been doing this for decades. The 2001 documentary Pedal:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyitrLKUUJI
* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380622/