H-Town WNBR organizer dbc participated last month in a five-minute documentary project for the Quarantine International Film Festival. The mini-documentary, entitled Happy Naked People, won the Best Documentary award for London-based filmmakers Cianna Canning and Samantha Keon. They were also nominated for Best Director.
You can hear dbc’s voice in interview segments, alongside WNBR organizers from Edmonton, London, and Los Angeles. All the organizers stressed both the environmental angle of World Naked Bike Ride and the challenges that riding a bike presents in many cities (not to mention riding a bike naked).
The theme of the festival was “Bare/Bear,” to be interpreted however the participants desired. Canning and Keon went for Bare and decided to feature bare-bummed bicyclists. The rules prohibited frontal nudity, presenting a cinematographic and editing challenge.
Links:
- The entire film on YouTube
- The Quarantine International Film Festival channel on YouTube
- The QIFF Facebook page
- Trailers on Vimeo: main and environmental emphasis