MOTORCYCLE
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BLACK LIGHTNING: THE ROLLIE FREE STORY

ABOUT

This documentary follows the life of Rollie Free from his early life, through his racing years in the 1290’s and 30’s, owning an Indian dealership, his military service, and his post-war life. He is best known for setting the American motorcycle one-mile speed record in 1948, when he rode a British-made Vincent HRD Black Lightning to a speed of 150.313 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. To get to that speed, Free stripped down to his bathing trunks and laid flat out on the Vincent that remains an iconic picture to this day.

YEAR 2017
CATEGORY Short Documentary
COUNTRY United States
RUN TIME 34:51 min
EMAIL kellyjo@gemsnv.com
PHONE 775-856-2448

CAST/CREDITS

DIRECTOR: Zach Siglow
PRODUCER: Zach Siglow
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: William E. Connor, II
PRODUCER: Lenny Shabes
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Louise Noeth
CONSULTING PRODUCER: William Edgar
EDITOR: Sean Fullan
EDITOR: Mauricio Zanotto
EDITOR: Cari Coughlin
EDITOR: Ed Yost
KEY CAST: William Edgar
KEY CAST: Alan DeCadenet
KEY CAST: Marty Dickerson
KEY CAST: Glenn Bator
KEY CAST: William E. Connor, II
KEY CAST: Rollie Free

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BLACK LIGHTNING: THE ROLLIE FREE STORY
September 22th- Film Block #2 5:00PM-7:00PM