Red Light Go - OFFICIAL! Bike Messenger Alley Cat Racing Documentary

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In this feature-length documentary, we take a wild ride alongside a select group of hardcore New York City bike messengers. You'll get to know several of them through intimate portraits, and then follow them and their fellow riders in a series of harrowing races through the streets of New York City. Our story culminates with the much anticipated Halloween night Alleycat, a long and brutal race through rush-hour traffic.
We followed this group for nearly 2 years, at work, on the streets, at home, and even in prison. RLG premiered in 2002 at MoMA's prestigious Documentary Fortnight Festival to a sold-out crowd of 500 people, and went on to win a number of awards to boot!
Below are a few reviews from around the web and from our DVD listing on Amazon:
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--pedalpushersonline dot com
I have just finished watching a great bicycle movie. Completely un-heralded, I had never heard of this bike messenger documentary. I was just searching NetFlix for anything with the keyword "bicycle" and this film came up. Every now and again, life is sweet.
This film alleges to be about the famous Alleycat Races of the New York Bike Messenger scene, but in reality, it is more about their culture, humor and very obvious humanity. Throughout the 52 minute film I found myself identifying neighborhoods, parks and the familiar faces of, if not the individuals, then the classes of the people who make their living riding bicycles in the urban chaos that is New York City.
Narrated by the messengers themselves, the filmmakers remain well behind the lens affording the messengers the dignity of telling the viewer their stories in their own words. In a series of conversational voiceovers we learn not only who the messengers are, but we also gain an insight into the widely held prejudices against them.
Told in their own words, the language is occasionally rough and the glimpses into their parties are not G rated. But, these are glimpses (a total of perhaps four seconds). If you are watching this movie with your kids, they could easily miss the scenes, but, as this is a movie about a lifestyle and culture, the scenes belong where they are.
The races, ahhh the races.... what can be said? Insane, reckless, and exciting as hell! Filmed to capture just how reckless these races really are you will find yourself heaving back and forth in your chair to avoid being squished between two busses barely a messenger bike handlebar apart.
There is far more here than I am highlighting and I have left the best parts for you to discover when you watch this film. It is rare for me to laugh out loud at a movie and I found myself doing so at least twice. Humor pervades all aspects of "the life". It becomes a much a question of, laugh or you'll cry. The messengers choose to laugh so we laugh with them... buy this film. It needs to be part of your bike film library!
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D. Bickerstaff
5.0 out of 5 stars Courier Rat Races
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Red Light Go! is the engaging tale of cycle couriers in New York and how they organize alley cat races. It focuses on the riders rather than the action and is all the better for it.
One of the best documentaries I've seen in years, well made and with real empathy for its subject.
It did make me want to buy a fixie (fixed wheel bike) so beware
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J. Heil
5.0 out of 5 stars - Exceedingly well done independent documentary...
Big cities have a vibe. Sometimes the vibe is the people and sometimes it's the inanimate feeling of its buildings, streets and parks. NYC is both. Red Light Go captures a microcosm of NYC by profiling the people who move envelopes and packages from one side of the city to the other on a bicycle. Bicycle messengers have a mystique unlike any other. They are admired by some and reviled by others. Red Light Go captures this beautifully.
In up close and personal interviews with several messengers, we learn what makes them tick and how they feel about the challenges they face day today. It also captures their love of a transportation option for many of us: the bicycle.
Yac, Mike Dee, Amy and Squid live their life exactly the way they want, in their city and on their terms. Even if you aren't a bicycle fanatic you will like this movie. Picture a bicycle race on the streets of NYC at evening rush hour with messengers having to ride back and forth across the city six times competing to be first on streets filled with traffic. It also captures the simplicity of what many of us do five days a week. Work.
This independent doc shares the spirit of NYC and some of the unique people who give it life. Well done with crisp editing. Who needs special effects. Just watch a messenger ride between a transit bus and taxi with inches to spare. I've watched this several times already and have shared with many others. It's that good.