Tour d'Afrique film premiers at International Bike Film Fest

Theresa

For the first time since its inception in 2003, the world's longest and most challenging bicycle race and expedition, Tour d'Afrique, has been documented by a team of filmmakers and is making its World Premiere in New York at the International Bicycle Film Festival.

The Zenga Brothers and Brian Vernor teamed up on the 2008 Tour d'Afrique and spent four months on the road from Cairo to Cape Town capturing it from their perspective. Since then, they have been busy editing their hundreds of hours of stunning footage into a full length documentary called "Where Are You Go?"

New York is the first stop on a whirlwind international tour for this film.

Check out the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NpubbAzKSY
For programme details of the festival: http://bicyclefilmfestival.com

Future screening dates in other cities:

Philadelphia - June 26-27
San Francisco - July 14-18
Austin - August 5-9
Chicago - August 12-15
Toronto - August 19-22
Los Angeles - August 26-30
Zurich - Sept 2-6
Lisbon - Sept 9-13
Vienna - Set 17-20
London - Sept 23-27
Milano - Oct 7-11
Paris - Oct 14-18
Auckland - Oct 22-24
Melbourne - Nov 5-7
Sydney - Nov 11-14
Tokyo - Nov 19-23

amaferanga

....the world's longest and most challenging bicycle race and expedition, Tour d'Afrique....

People can say that as much as they like to big the event up and make it appeal to numpties with too much money and a fear of all things unfamiliar, but its not even close. You do know that don't you?

Is it harder than the Race Across America (RAAM)? Almost 3500 miles virtually non-stop?

77 miles per day over 120 days or 3500 miles non-stop over 10 days?

Almost any numpty could finish the TdA, almost no-one is capable of finishing the RAAM.

Theresa

For sure... RAAM is about what your body can do and I respect that, but I'd like to hear from RAAM participants as to what they actually see and experience after the first 36 hours on a bike!

Tour d'Afrique is without a doubt an incredible physical challenge too... but it is also many other things... notably, getting to see and enjoy 10 countries in Africa, its people, culture and diversity...it's about enjoying life on a bike to the fullest.