Riding at night through the streets of Eastside Los Angeles is considered dangerous. But the Ovarian Psycos Bicycle Brigade, a misfit crew of feminist women of colour, use their bikes to confront the violence in their lives. In their first joint full-length film, Sokolowski und Trumbull- LaValle portray three of the crew protagonists: Xela de la X, founder of the group, single mother and rapper, street artist Andi, who aspires to become a leader in the crew, and bright-eyed recruit Evie.<\/p>\n
\u00bbOur initial concept of the film was an all-out-super-heroine story. A story where confident, unwavering young women \u2013 the Ovas \u2013 take back the streets en masse, on bikes, shouting in the face of convention. But once we started production the film took a turn. The real super- heroine work was happening behind the scenes, in daily life, within their personal relationships as mothers, daughters, and sisters. We discovered working-class young women who were strong but vulnerable. Feminism isn\u2019t something the Ovas choose, but it has been inherited. Inherited from living in a community politicised by the civil rights movement, and by the realities and challenges of growing up within the context of colonisation, immigration, racism, misogyny and gendered violence. These were women dramatising power and freedom on their bikes, at night, publicly in the streets, and at the same time struggling to hold onto that same power as single mothers, aspiring artists, students and working women.\u00ab
\n\u2013 Joanna Sokolowski and Kate Trumbull-LaValle<\/p>\n
Presented by L.MAG – Das Magazin f\u00fcr Lesben<\/em><\/p>\n Film series In This Together<\/p>\n Awards for \u203aOvarian Psycos\u2039<\/strong>
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\nAudience Award \u2013 Portland Film Festival 2016 |People\u2019s Choice Award \u2013 Rueda, Festival Internacional de Cinema Ciclista, Barcelona 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18257,"template":"","movie_year":[92],"movie_genre":[85],"movie_cat":[288],"festival":[420],"class_list":["post-10650","movie","type-movie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","movie_year-92","movie_genre-documentary-en","movie_cat-focus-en-2017","festival-2017-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n