Join director Tina Hahn (Life’s a Twitch) for a trip-by-bike that takes us to Beijing, Amsterdam, Bogotá, New York, La Rochelle, South Bronx, Manhattan, Paris and back to Toronto. She’ll be at the Revue on Friday, March 27, from 7 p.m. for a free public screening of her film, sponsored by local MPP Cheri DiNovo.

Tales of a Yellow Bike, produced for OMNI Television, gives us an insider’s view of cycling promotion and bike-sharing programs around the globe. Hahn’s an experienced editor and filmmaker, and it shows. The crisp editing makes the most of fascinating interviews with both long-time cycling activists and municipal officials in various countries, punctuated with footage of the free-wheeling Maogosha Pyjor — former co-ordinator of the Toronto-based Community Bike Network’s now defunct Bike Share program — and dozens of others cycling their way around cities of varying degrees of bike-friendliness.

The images aptly convey the tremendously liberating quality of biking at its best. Footage of cycling paths in Bogotá and other cities will make many Torontonians green with envy. This film will make you want to pedal your way home.

Revue Cinema - Tales of a Yellow Bike