Because My Bike Was There...

Because My Bike Was There...

 

(6 from 35 users)

0h 11m 1966 HD

On 19 March 1966, a photo exhibition about the police intervention during the wedding of Beatrix and Claus opened in Amsterdam. After the opening, filmmaker Louis van Gasteren filmed how, in the distance, policemen began beating up a young man, seemingly without any provocation. This footage was shown that same evening on television. Van Gasteren interviewed the victim, a 22-year-old student, who declared that he was walking in that direction because his ‘bicycle was there’. That became the title of this short film, in which Van Gasteren used slow motion to analyse the objectionable actions taken by the police.


Related Movies

  • 2020
    Meet Me By The Magnolia Tree

    Meet Me By The Magnolia Tree

    Meet Me By The Magnolia Tree

    12020HD

    “Meet Me by the Magnolia Tree” is a student documentary on the history of Richmond’s gay community and the role cruising for sex...

    Meet Me By The Magnolia Tree
  • 1979
    For Twenty Cents A Day

    For Twenty Cents A Day

    For Twenty Cents A Day

    01979HD

    A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film...

    For Twenty Cents A Day
  • 1997
    The Big One

    The Big One

    The Big One

    6.61997HD

    The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce...

    The Big One
  • 2010
    A Boy Has Been Dead

    A Boy Has Been Dead

    A Boy Has Been Dead

    6.82010HD

    An investigation on the death of a 18-year-old boy and its cover-up by the police.

    A Boy Has Been Dead
  • 2006
    Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

    Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

    Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

    6.72006HD

    Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how one tiny comment against President Bush dropped...

    Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
  • 2019
    Hong Kong Connection: 721 Yuen Long Nightmare

    Hong Kong Connection: 721 Yuen Long Nightmare

    Hong Kong Connection: 721 Yuen Long Nightmare

    02019HD

    The Hong Kong police have been accused of mishandling Yuen Long's attack on 21 July. Stephen Lo Wai-Chung, the Commissioner of Police, explained that...

    Hong Kong Connection: 721 Yuen Long Nightmare
  • 1914
    Palace Pandemonium

    Palace Pandemonium

    Palace Pandemonium

    01914HD

    The campaign for women's suffrage steps up as Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested at the gates of Buckingham Palace.

    Palace Pandemonium
  • 2015
    Uprising!

    Uprising!

    Uprising!

    12015HD

    "Levante" won Canal Futura's annual documentary competition in 2014 and was filmed in Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Gaza and Hong Kong. It first aired at...

    Uprising!
  • 2016
    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack

    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack

    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack

    02016HD

    BBC Three examines an upsurge in Islamophobia in America, meeting both Texan anti-Islam groups and American Muslims. Award-winning director and...

    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack
  • 2021
    Protect or Neglect

    Protect or Neglect

    Protect or Neglect

    02021HD

    A candid, authentic and provocative conversation about race, bias, and policing in America.

    Protect or Neglect
  • 2021
    Shots Fired

    Shots Fired

    Shots Fired

    72021HD

    Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state with Frontline's local journalism partner The Salt...

    Shots Fired
  • 2002
    Bus 174

    Bus 174

    Bus 174

    7.42002HD

    Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the...

    Bus 174