Bicycle Dreams

Bicycle Dreams is a 2009 documentary film by director Stephen Auerbach about the Race Across America, a 3000mile crosscountry bicycle race. The film has won numerous film festival awards and had a successful screening tour.

Bicycle Dreams was filmed during the 2005 edition of the Race Across America. The crew usedcameras, which they embedded within the riders crews to get more intimate footage. In an interview about the production, director Stephen Auerbach said he endured stretches ofhours without sleep to document the race and to experience the same sleep deprivation as the riders. The crew eventually shot 450 hours of raw footage. Auerbach chose to use little narration in the film, in order to preserve the authenticity of the race and keep the storytelling as unvarnished as possible.Bicycle Dreams has received exceptionally positive reviews. USA Todays Sal Ruibal noted that the film has beautiful scenery and inspirational words from riders and coaches while it also probes deeper into the sports heart of darkness. ........

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