On June 27, Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River will be presenting a very special showing of the cycling film Rising from Ashes.
Rising from Ashes is a feature length documentary about the first Rwandan National Cycling Team and its six year journey to the Olympic Games in London.
It's not about the bike. It's about second chances, how our past doesn't have to define our future, and the impossible triumph of the human spirit over one of the world's most devastating genocides.
The story is told by Forrest Whitaker and follows Team Rwanda: Adrien Niyonshuti - Rwanda's first Olympic Cyclist; Rafiki Uwimana; Nathan Byukusenge; Abraham Ruhumuriza; Jock Boyer -- coach and the First American to Ride in the Tour de France; and Tom Ritchey - founder of Team Rwanda and the inventor of the Mountain Bike.
Producer, director and editor T.C. Johnstone will be on hand to talk about the film.
The team's top rider Adrien Niyonshuti rode in the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic and will be riding in the 2012 Olympic Summer Games.
There will be a reception in the lobby at 7 p.m. with the film beginning at 7:30.
Over six years in the making, Rising from Ashes was an epic undertaking. With production covering three continents, in some of the most challenging shooting environments in the world, the Rising from Ashes crew led by Director T.C. Johnstone chased this incredible story.
Near the end of the journey, Emmy Award winning Zacuto Films, a Chicago based production studio, approached the team with a vision to document the dramatic climax of the most intense shoot of the production in Rwanda.
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