Each Memorial Day weekend hundreds of thousands of African-American motorcyclists gather at Myrtle Beach for what is affectionately called 鈥淏lack Bike Week.鈥� The event brings in more than $40 million to the greater Myrtle Beach area.
Yet in 2014, former South Carolina . Local police have also repeatedly set up a 23-mile traffic loop to control the crowd. In seeming contrast, the beach welcomes bikers with open arms for the annual Harley event, which takes place the week before.
Filmmaker Ricky Kelly joins host Frank Stasio to talk about his documentary 鈥�.鈥� It explores the history of Atlantic Beach Bike Festival, aka 鈥淏lack Bike Week,鈥� and why one of the Myrtle Beach motorcycle events is celebrated and the other is monitored by the NAACP.
The film screens at the in Durham on Friday, Feb. 16. It will also be screened at Cat鈥檚 Cradle in Carrboro on Sunday, Feb. 18.
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