Film’s About Running
Every Single Street - Ricky Gates/Solomon TV (17 min)
Rickey Gates decided to run every single street in San Francisco - to get to know a very small area of America, as well as its people, intimately. With over 1100 Miles of street the film documents Rickey’s journey, and the people he meets long the way, as he runs into midst of one of the most iconic and diverse cities in the world.
A Mile an Hour: Running a Different Kind of Marathon - Beau Miles (17 min)
A different kind of marathon; running one lap an hour, for 24hrs, around my perfectly mile long block. The rest of the time I do as much as possible; making things, odd jobs, fixing stuff. It's about running, doing, and thinking.
Bus Run Bus - Ricky Gates/Solomon TV (10 min)
Does time slow down when we speed up? Rickey chases down a crazy idea to connect 25 strangers with a giant green bus and a 2,000-mile trail running journey across the Western United States. What could go wrong?
The Communal Art of Foot Racing - Solomon TV (6 min)
Every weekend, tens of thousands of people, line up at a start line to run a footrace. Why? Running and competing is such a historic and intrinsic part of our culture that we don’t often question it. “The Communal Art of Footracing” explores the meaning behind our competitive drive, how this translates to Ultra-Trail Running and why it is so important.
Run the Line - Beau Miles (23 min)
Overgrown, farmed, pushed out, sold off and only half there, Beau sets off with shovel in hand, dressed like a 50's train driver, to re-trace an old train-line. To run the line end to end would be the first human passing in over 60 years. Police, fences, blackberries, runner musings and leftover pasta, map Beau against a warm autumn day as he makes his way across a landscape he's lived in his whole life.
For the Love of Mary - Sharptail Media (6 min)
The first time 97-year-old runner George Etzweiler completed the race up the northeast’s tallest peak, Mount Washington, he was 69 years old. Despite having a pacemaker, the State College, Pennsylvania resident continues to compete in the grueling 7.6-mile race up nearly 4,700 feet of paved road, breaking his own record each year for oldest finisher. In addition to his ancient, lucky, green running shorts, Etzweiler carries something else special with him: The memory of his late wife of 68 years, Mary.
Why We Run - Bernd Heinrich/Solomon TV (15 min)
Bernd Heinrich is a retired Professor living in a log cabin in the woods of Western Maine. He has held numerous running records throughout his life and has committed much of his time to the study of the natural world. In this episode, we look back at this man's incredible life, his achievements, the lessons he has learned, and what we can possibly learn from him.
The Running Pastor - Camp4 Collective (8 min)
Sverri Steinholm grew up chasing sheep up and down the rugged, exposed slopes of the Faroe Islands. Today he is a pastor of the Lutheran Church, the dominant religion on the island. He is also a compulsive runner, finding solace and spiritual refuge from personal conflicts and the burdens of priesthood on the trails and roads of his homeland. He may inhabit a very different world, but his words will ring true to anyone who has found peace in nature. “Somehow I am driven to it,” he says. “The body needs it, or my soul, my mind.”