My Father’s Bicycle’s Instagram
Monday, November 9 at 7 pm
2020, USA, Director: Matthew Shimmel, Patricia Murphy; 7 min.
Richard Shimmel, 65, spends his retirement posting carefully composed pictures of his beloved bicycle to Instagram. Directed by Shimmel’s son, this documentary offers a unique look at the unlikely nexus of three seemingly unrelated phenomena—aging, bicycles, and social media. In the process, the film shows how passion can transform mundane activities into something extraordinary.
