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The 2014 Portland Motorcycle Film Festival will screen feature-length and short motorcycle films that showcase the passion of riders and the souls of their machines. The films take us on journeys, showcase creativity and personal vision, and reveal the intensity and speed of the race track. Hosted by the Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association and Sponsored by Icon, the Portland Motorcycle Film Festival is a fundraiser for Air Fence protective barriers used at Portland International Raceway. Prevent injury. Save a life.

Tickets are $12/night

Purchase tickets to both nights and save with a festival pass! ($22)

OR

Purchase a festival pass + pre-show reception at See See Moto Coffee (Saturday, January 11, 4:00-5:00pm) with special screening of The Build ($50)

Road Warriors | 51 mins

In 2012 the AMA Pro Road Racing staged 11 races across America. Rivalries were intense, and competition fierce. Rider mistakes can cause injury or death. Races are decided by thousandths of a second. The stakes could not be higher. The battles on track were only a part of the story. This documentary offers a rare look behind pit wall; uncensored and raw as it happened.

Starring: Josh Hayes, Danny Eslick, Elena Myers, Melissa Paris, Austin Dehaven and Roger Hayden

Director and Executive Producer: Matt Greenstone

Released: 2013

Take it to the Limit | 97 mins

Peter Starr’s long-lost 1979 motorcycle documentary is a comprehensive overview of motorcycle racing in the late 1970s. The film covers speedway, desert racing, road racing, hill climb, grass track, drag racing, motocross and more. Featured players include Mike Hailwood, Kenny Roberts, Roger DeCoster, Barry Sheene and Steve Baker. Among many special motorcycle moments, Starr was at the Indy Mile when Kenny Roberts raced the infamous four-cylinder Yamaha TZ750 dirt tracker, and his cameras captured the last-lap pass that got the bike banned. Take It To The Limit is like a time capsule, opened to reveal what motorcycling was like 30 years ago. While the gear and machines may have been different, the passion for the sport revealed by his lens remains as true today as then.

White Knuckle | 60 mins

Ride along with hot rod builder and filmmaker Brian Darwas as he travels coast to coast on the ultimate antique endurance run, “The Motorcycle Cannonball”. The motorcycles were all pre-1916. They started in Kitty Hawk, NC, riding to Santa Monica, CA, all on secondary roads, no highways. The will and ingenuity of the racers, many of whom rebuilt engines and fabricated parts in parking lots and machine shops along the way, was beyond anything you've seen. The riders, and the small town Americans who help them will impress and inspire. Join us on a journey back in time, that reveals much about who we are today.

Why We Ride | 90 mins

This is a story about the journey, not the destination. It’s about who we are; individuals with a desire to dream, discover and explore, seeking a life outside daily confinements. Motorcycles represent the milestones of our lives, from a kid’s dream come true to a retiree’s return to freedom, from a family riding together on the sand dunes, to hundreds of choppers carving through the canyon. It’s about the passion of the riders and the soul of their machines. Your senses heighten as the world rushes in, your heart beats to the pulse of the engine, your mind races and sets you free. Once you let a motorcycle into your life, it changes you forever.

Director: Bryan Carroll

Executive Producer: Walter Zuck

Released: 2013

Rated: PG