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Film Premiere: POWER TO THE PEDALS: Wenzday Jane and the Culture of Change

The Boston premiere of the local documentary “Power to the
Pedals: Wenzday Jane and the Culture of Change” takes place Friday, April 25,
2014 at the BSA Space (Boston Society of Architects), 290 Congress Street,
Boston. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the film begins at 7. Tickets are $ 10, $5
for BSA members. Reservations are required via the BSA website.




The 30-minute documentary tells the inspiring story of local of entrepreneur
Wenzday Jane, the driving force behind Somerville’s innovative cargo-bike
business, Metro Pedal Power.



Shot in an intimate, lyrical style, the film follows Wenzday as she builds an
organization of souped-up cargo bicycles for local hauling. She’s a self-
taught manager with grease on her hands. In her cave-like basement workshop,
she power-lifts an axle onto a stand and removes the planetary gears. “Working
on bikes gives me a platform for really thinking about how things work,” she
says.



The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with some of the region’s
foremost thought leaders. These include Jackie Douglas, Executive Director of
Livable Streets; Benjamin Linder, Associate Professor of Design and Mechanical
Engineering at Olin College; Wenzday Jane, President of Metro Pedal Power; and
“Power to the Pedals” director Bob Nesson. The panel will be moderated by John
Siemiatkoski, Chair of the Board, the League of American Bicyclists.



For more information about the film, visit: powertothepedals.org.



To register and purchase tickets, please visit: https://online.architects.org/bsassa/evtssareg.custid?p_event_id=1247




For photos and logo go to Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lggyt0a1mbavzmo/HGGW-JYWFd








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