Evil Tiki Babes
In 1945, a teenaged Mel Schwartz and his best friend, George Pearlman, set out on a bicycle trip from Brooklyn to Philadelphia on an adventure they would remember for the rest of their lives. Seventy-…
Evil Tiki Babes
In 1945, a teenaged Mel Schwartz and his best friend, George Pearlman, set out on a bicycle trip from Brooklyn to Philadelphia on an adventure they would remember for the rest of their lives. Seventy-two years later, as Mel slips away into Alzheimer's disease, his two grandsons set out to recreate his journey to honor his memory. Cycle of Memory weaves together this bicycle quest with one families' multigenerational history and struggles with Mel's disease, becoming a reflection on time, memory, and family relationships through the eyes of the director/narrator and main subject, Alex Leff. Guided by old photographs of the 1945 trip, the brothers search for places aged by time. But while searching for Grandpa Mel's past, the two are confronted with their own fraught history. If they're going to complete the turbulent journey, they'll have to face their own emotional potholes and tumultuous relationship. With the help of a grandmother learning to live alone for the first time, Mel's lifelong friend and co-adventurer on the bike trip, and a family collection spanning 1950s film reels to 1990s video tapes, Cycle of Memory explores the importance of intergenerational connection, healing painful pasts, and leaving a meaningful time capsule for the future. What are the important conversations we have with our parents and grandparents while they still remember? How do we hold onto connection with our loved ones as they lose their memory? What do we want to make sure is passed down and saved before it's too late? These are some of the big questions audiences are discussing after seeing Cycle of Memory.
Evil Tiki Babes
Adult,Comedy,Horror
Film Details
In 1945, a teenaged Mel Schwartz and his best friend, George Pearlman, set out on a bicycle trip from Brooklyn to Philadelphia on an adventure they would remember for the rest of their lives. Seventy-two years later, as Mel slips away into Alzheimer's disease, his two grandsons set out to recreate his journey to honor his memory. Cycle of Memory weaves together this bicycle quest with one families' multigenerational history and struggles with Mel's disease, becoming a reflection on time, memory, and family relationships through the eyes of the director/narrator and main subject, Alex Leff.
Guided by old photographs of the 1945 trip, the brothers search for places aged by time. But while searching for Grandpa Mel's past, the two are confronted with their own fraught history. If they're going to complete the turbulent journey, they'll have to face their own emotional potholes and tumultuous relationship.
With the help of a grandmother learning to live alone for the first time, Mel's lifelong friend and co-adventurer on the bike trip, and a family collection spanning 1950s film reels to 1990s video tapes, Cycle of Memory explores the importance of intergenerational connection, healing painful pasts, and leaving a meaningful time capsule for the future. What are the important conversations we have with our parents and grandparents while they still remember? How do we hold onto connection with our loved ones as they lose their memory? What do we want to make sure is passed down and saved before it's too late? These are some of the big questions audiences are discussing after seeing Cycle of Memory..