The Vintagent Selects: Tom Fugle 8mm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TRDO85Ty3s
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
TOM FUGLE 8MM Part 1 of 4 (2017)
Run Time: 37:39
A Film By: Outlaw Archive
8mm Footage: Tom Fugle
Key Cast: El Forastero MC
FILM MAKERS
Based in Los Angeles, Outlaw Archive locates, obtains, preserves, documents, and catalogues artifacts related to California’s outlaw motorcycle clubs from the 1950s through the 1970s, and California street gangs from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Outlaw Archive, controls the world’s largest collection of early American outlaw motorcycle club materials in existence, which is housed in a Class II bank vault inside of a remodeled 5,000 sq/ft warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles. The collection includes tens of thousands of original photographs, personal letters, club meeting minutes, original “colors” (jackets and patches), historical newspaper clippings, and hours of interviews with former members of outlaw motorcycle clubs. The entire collection – over 80,000 pieces and growing -has been catalogued by two former UCLA archivists.
Outlaw Archive taps into a fundamentally American desire to live one’s life with a fierce and determined freedom. Outlaw bikers of the mid-twentieth century represented the last gasp of the American West, the last of a dying breed of men and women who sought adventure, love, family, and freedom.
@Outlaw Archive enjoys a rabid fan base of 197k followers on its Instagram page, including tastemakers, influencers, artists, and celebrities from all over the world. The archive and its founders Bo Bushnell & Paul Zuckerman have been featured in the LA Times, SF Chronicle, Vice.com, USA Today, The Boston Globe, Daily Mail, NY Daily News, The Vintagent, andStereogum.com.
Outlaw Archive’s content and marketing opportunities cater to both coasts and America’s heartland, as well as to dedicated fan bases on six continents. It also embraces a true 4-quadrant demographic, inviting men and women, young and old, from multiple socioeconomic statuses, to participate and engage with a growing and passionate community.
Follow the Outlaw Archive Youtube channel for parts 2 through 4 of Tom Fugle 8mm.
SUMMARY
Tom Fugle's 8mm film footage offers a rare and endlessly compelling window into the Midwestern chopper culture of the 1960s. These films stand as a remarkable visual record of the era, capturing the El Forastero Motorcycle Club during a period of restless movement and transformation. Through images of customized motorcycles, roadside gatherings, parking lots, and street corners, Fugle documented a distinctly American subculture that would leave a lasting mark on the nation's social history. His films provide an intimate and authentic account of a world that has often been overlooked, misunderstood, or entirely absent from mainstream historical narratives.
Fugle's life and work represent a journey into the heart of a vibrant yet often conflicted subculture undergoing profound social and cultural change. His footage not only chronicles the evolution of outlaw motorcycle clubs during the 1960s but does so with a visual sensibility that elevates these films beyond mere documentation. While the material may at first resemble traditional home movies, closer examination reveals compositions rich with personal perspective, emotional depth, and a keen awareness of the people and communities before his lens.
The resulting images transcend simple historical record. They capture the spirit, identity, and aspirations of a uniquely American movement at a pivotal moment in its development. As both historical documents and works of visual storytelling, Tom Fugle's films represent an invaluable contribution to the preservation of American cultural history. They offer future generations a rare opportunity to witness a formative chapter in the evolution of motorcycle culture and stand as an enduring part of our collective social memory.
In 2017, we painstakingly compiled and restored this footage, commissioned an original musical score, and released a highly limited edition of Tom Fugle's Fck Off DVDs. Those releases quickly disappeared into private collections, remaining largely inaccessible to the wider public. Now, nearly a decade later, we are finally opening the vault and presenting this extraordinary body of work to a broader audience. For the first time, Tom Fugle's remarkable visual chronicle of the El Forastero Motorcycle Club and the Midwestern chopper scene will be made widely available as a four-part series, allowing viewers to experience an important and often overlooked chapter of American cultural history through the eyes of someone who lived it. - Outlaw Archive
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The Vintagent Ads: Honda City Motocompo Madness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq6JL1lhLIw
The Vintagent Ads: The campaigns that sold us.
HONDA MOTOCOMPO MADNESS (1981)
Run Time: 0:30
Producer: Honda Global
Director: Dentsu
Key Cast: Madness
FILM MAKERS
The Honda City and Motocompo ad campaign of the early 1980s is one of automotive history’s most iconic and brilliantly eccentric marketing blitzes. Launched by Honda Global in Japan, the campaign was designed to promote the “tallboy” Honda City and its revolutionary trunk-dwelling folding scooter, the Motocompo. The advertisements focused on urban mobility, showing drivers navigating traffic and parking their cars, then easily unfolding the 49cc scooter from the back of the hatchback to cruise through the city.
The English ska band Madness was prominently featured in the commercials, bringing an upbeat, quirky, and energetic vibe that matched the quirky design of the vehicles. The tune? In The City, of course. The wildly successful campaign was orchestrated by Japanese advertising executives at Dentsu, the largest advertising agency in Japan.
SUMMARY
1981 Honda Motocompo NCZ 50
Honda is tremendous successful at selling small and smaller motorcycles around the world. Their ‘Cub’ series has been around 60 years and has sold in the tens of Millions, and their design team branched out many times to use the indestructible motor in a variety of chassis configurations. But the Motocompo NCZ 50 has nothing to do with the cub, or any of Honda’s scooters, although it does share a 2-stroke engine with other Honda products.
The Motocompo was sold as an integral accessory to the Honda City microcar in 1981, a ‘trunk bike’ designed to fold up neatly into a suitcase-sized box so it could easily be stowed in a special compartment of the City’s rear hatch. The idea, one presumes, is to drive the City near to areas where no cars can travel, then use the Motocompo to reach further into the urban web.
The City’s luggage compartment was designed specifically for the Motocompo. The tiny motorcycle’s handlebars, seat, and footpegs fold into the scooter’s rectangular plastic bodywork, into cleverly designed recesses and hand-carry recesses. While Honda projected sales of 8000 Citys and 10,000 Motocompos per month (both were Japanese Domestic Market only), it was the City that reached these sales targets, but over 3 years ‘only’ 53,369 Motocompos were sold. The end of Motocompo production was 1983, and an average of 3000/month were built. Hardly a failure, but neither was the Motocompo greeted with a firestorm of approval.
Nevertheless, the design of the Motocompo is ingenous, and perhaps the only real inheritor of the ‘Motosacoche’ concept, being truly a ‘moto in(to) a suitcase’! The design is impeccably 1980s, with its flush, integrated head- and taillamps, retractable everything, and terrific graphics. Best of all, the City/Motocompo advertising campaign was launched with the British ska band Madness providing entertainment and music for the ad. It, too, is a highlight of 1980s design! - Excerpt taken from Two-Wheeled Icons of the 1980's, by Paul d'Orleans, The Vintagent, 2018
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The Vintagent Selects: Not The NC 500. A BIG Scottish Small Bike Adventure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nQ_Uzr9e9M
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
NOT THE NC 500. A BIG SCOTTISH SMALL BIKE ADVENTURE (2024)
Run Time: 40:33
A Film By: Greg Villalobos
Editor: Alex Philpott
Key Cast: Clive Barber, Davy Myers, Greg Villalobos, Noel Thom, Wil Linssen, Rupert Jordon
FILM MAKERS
Greg Villalobos is a veteran motorcycle film maker. His quirky adventure films include The Coast To Coast Trial(2013), The Weekend Pass (2016), The Green Lane Relay(2016), Malle Moto: The Forgotten Dakar Story (2017), and Hunt For The Wild: The Trans Euro Trail Adventure (2018), The Secret Cabin (2021)
SUMMARY
You can't ride off road in Scotland. Can you? Most adventure riders hit the North Coast 500 with their big adventure touring bikes. So what would happen if you rode small trail bikes 1000 miles to the tip of the Outer Hebrides? Would it be the off road adventure they were looking for? Or just a huge pain in the a*se?
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The Vintagent Selects: Le Mans - Racing Beyond Limits
https://vimeo.com/1054428981
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
LE MANS - RACING BEYOND LIMITS (2025)
Run Time: 20:21
A Film By: Elena Rosberg
Key Cast: Jakob Lorenz, Alex Innocenti, Stephane Paulus, Emiliano Malogoli, Martin Horky
FILM MAKERS
Austrian filmmaker Elena Rosberg presents a compelling look into a lesser-known part of motorsport with her new documentary Le Mans, Racing Beyond Limits, now available worldwide on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Google TV.
SUMMARY
Elena Rosberg’s directorial debut, Le Mans, Racing Beyond Limits, documents a race day at the European Motorcycle Championship for Riders with Disabilities held at the iconic Le Mans circuit in France. This championship brings together athletes with physical disabilities competing at a high-performance level. Rosberg offers a rare insight into a community who share a strong drive to race - regardless of physical limitations. Her portrayal is raw and unfiltered—but also a tribute to the riders, their resilience, courage, and spirit. Le Mans, Racing beyond Limits is currently the only film to cover this unique competition and its participants in such detail.
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Read an Interview with Elena Rosberg at Ability Magazine
The Vintagent Selects: Sixth Street Specials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O7SoxnL0Fo
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
SIXTH STREET SPECIALS (2026)
Run Time: 3:57
A Film By: Ezekiel Victor
Editor: Antonio Polito, Hunter McCary
Key Cast: Hugh Mackie, Joshua Mackenzie, Fumi Matsueda, Oliver Meechan, Darryl Jakubowski
FILM MAKERS
Ezekiel Victor is a filmmaker from Asheville, currently splitting his time between there and Brooklyn. His Uncle used to own the motel and gas station at Deals Gap so some of my oldest memories are seeing bikes race up the hill at the entrance of the Dragon. His second birthday party was even motorcycle themed, giving motorcycles a very personal place in his heart.
We posted the film trailer back in 2024 and are thrilled to finally post the full film that premiered online today, on the Triumph Heritage blog. Enjoy!
SUMMARY
Tucked away on East 6th Street since the mid‑80s, Sixth Street Specials has long been one of the East Village’s most beloved motorcycle repair shop for fans of classic British motorcycles.
The shop built its reputation around deep mechanical know‑how and a genuine love for Triumph motorcycles. Rather than operating as a retail store, it has always focused on what it does best: repairing, restoring, and occasionally customising vintage bikes.
The shop opened in 1986 by Hugh Mackie, a Scottsman who moved to New York in the early ’80s and quickly immersed himself in the city’s motorcycle culture. Mackie favored craftsmanship over flash, keeping the storefront understated and letting the work speak for itself. Over time, Sixth Street Specials became a symbol of the East Village’s earlier, grittier era, as many similar garages were pushed out or relocated to Brooklyn. Read more about the shop on the Triumph Heritage blog.
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Sixth STreet Specials IG @sixthstreetspecialsinc
The Vintagent Classics: Housewife Motor Cycle Ace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dStzgUqv-c
The Vintagent Classics: The films that inspired us.
HOUSEWIFE MOTOR CYCLE ACE (1965)
Run Time: 3:10
A Film By: British Pathe
Key Cast: Renee Bennett
FILM MAKERS
This classic British Pathe short features "Housewife Renee Bennett who at weekends is a trial bike rider, Hounslow, London."
SUMMARY
“Perhaps I’ll live to be a ripe old age… see you around!”
Anything but a housewife. Renee Bennett grew up in her parents motorcycle shops in East London’s Canning Town. Following in dad 'Wag" Bennett's footsteps, she became an accomplished Trials rider, and owned several shops of her own with husband Howard who was also an avid trials rider.
Renee raced the Scottish Six Day Trial many times, and considered the Welsh Three Day Trial event “My favourite, fast and furious!”. In the 1970's she opened 'Renee Bennett’s East London Sportman’s Centre' to support and sponsor up and coming racers. Over the course of a quarter century career, Renee became known as Britains best known lady rider.
Throughout her career Renee also worked as a successful model and motorcycle stunt double. She was ever in demand and know in the film and TV business as 'The Girl On A Motorcycle'. While I haven't tracked down her film work yet. Be sure that I am on it!
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Read: Renee Bennett - East London's Lady Trials Rider, By her daughter Julie Powell
The Vintagent Selects: A Tribute to Mert Lawwill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fvTkqCjDHA
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
A Tribute to Mert Lawwill (2026)
Run Time: 17:57
A Tribute Film By: Chris Drozdowski
Key Cast: Mert Lawwill
FILM MAKERS
"For Mert Lawwill (1940-2026) a hero of my youth. This is a collection of excerpts featuring Mert from Bruce Brown's Classic Documentary "On Any Sunday". I had the privilege of doing a new 5.1 soundtrack and a Frame by Frame dust and scratch repair of this film several years ago." - Chris Drozdowski
Check out his YouTube channel for more Bruce Brown moto film restoration/sound work clips.
SUMMARY
“Little Mert, Little Squirt got a tricycle they say… rode it down through the town saying watch for me some day, in his heart from the start grew a very special plan, little guys about this size make a mighty big cycle racing man….” - Cycle Racin’ Man from the album Motor-Cycle Man by Buddy Mize (1970).
Mert Lawwill (September 25, 1940 – May 6, 2026) was an American professional motorcycle racer, race team owner and mountain bike designer. He competed in the AMA Grand National Championship from 1962 to 1977. Lawwill was notable for winning the 1969 AMA Grand National Championship as a member of the Harley-Davidson factory racing team. After his motorcycle racing career, Lawwill became one of the top motorcycle racing frame designers and builders. Lawwill then used his experience as a motorcycle frame builder to become an innovative mountain bike designer, developing one of the first bicycle suspensions. He also developed prosthetic limbs for amputees. Lawwill was inducted in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998.
Today we remember Mert in film: Mert is featured in a few Vintagent archive films including On Any Sunday (1971), Why We Ride (2013), Angels Of Dirt (2024), and a wonderful spoof by Hoxton Moto filmed at the Malle Mile On Any Other Sunday (2022) which is very loosely based on the legendary Mert Lawwill sequences from the original film. His legacy lives on.
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Read his Obituary to learn even more about the man and the legend.
There's Always A Motorcycle: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
https://youtu.be/GxckF0HpEAA
Not all films are Biker Flicks… But a hell of a lot have motorcycles in them!
‘There’s Always A Motorcycle’ is a new Vintagent series of compiled clips from moto centric cinema.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, S5 E1253: Audrey's Feelings (TV 1972)
Run Time: 28:28
Producer: Family Communications
Director: Bob Walsh
Writer: Fred Rogers
Key Cast: Fred Rogers, Betty Aberlin, Susan Linn
FILM MAKERS
Fred Rogers dedicated his life to understanding childhood. He took that knowledge to the medium of television with his groundbreaking PBS series, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Fred was the creator of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood as well as the host of all 895 episodes, the composer of its more than 200 songs, and the puppeteer who imagined 14 characters into being. More importantly, he changed the face of children’s television and transformed the way we think about the inner lives of young children. Throughout his career, Fred Rogers was a champion of children in general and PBS in particular. In 1969, he famously testified before a Senate subcommittee that was considering cutting funding for public television. Senator John Pastore was in charge of the proceedings, and after two days of hearings, he remained distinctly unimpressed. Then Fred spoke.
"This is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child, to help him realize that he is unique… I feel that if we in public television can only make it clear that feelings are mentionable and manageable, we will have done a great service for mental health." - Fred Rogers, Senate hearing on PBS funding
Fred Rogers Productions, formerly known as Family Communications, Inc. and The Fred Rogers Company still owns the rights to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Founded by Fred Rogers in 1971, this non-profit organization continues to manage the legacy of the show and produce children's programming, including new content.
*News! For the first time in the history of YouTube, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood will have its own dedicated channel. Back in March, Little Dot Studios announced that they had partnered with Fred Rogers Productions to bring the beloved children's show to YouTube for the first time. "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood continues to inspire viewers young and old across four generations," said Paul Siefken, President and CEO of Fred Rogers Productions. "We're excited to partner with Little Dot Studios on this new YouTube Channel that will make the wonder, kindness, and human connection of the series more discoverable and accessible than ever." As part of the new agreement, the U.S.-based Little Dot Studios team will work with Fred Rogers Productions to produce, launch, and manage a dedicated YouTube channel for the show. The channel will include full-length episodes, digital-first content, and other multimedia assets. - CBS
Stay tuned this summer!
SUMMARY
Episode 1253 "Audrey's Feelings"
Air Date: May 10, 1972
In this episode, Mister Rogers recalls the art work made by Ezra Keats using oil paints and water as he arrives with some paint of his own. In the kitchen, he uses a dropper to apply paint to a folded paper towel and rice paper which creates colorful designs when unfolded... Mr. McFeely stops by and tells Mister Rogers that Mrs. McFeely will be stopping by and he'll certainly know when she does...At Betty's Little Theater, Susan Linn is making up a story with Audrey Duck and Catalion. Mister Rogers suggests a story where Audrey Duck has made a mistake. Susan Linn runs with the idea as the story involves a picture of Catalion which was painted over by Audrey Duck... Back at the house, Mister Rogers sings Sometimes People Are Good before he is visited by Mrs. McFeely who arrives on a motorcycle. When Mister Rogers suggests that "it's strange to see a lady like [Mrs. McFeely] with a motorcycle, she responds that "women can do just about anything that they want to."
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Watch the FULL EPISODE #1253 on Archive.org
The Vintagent Trailers: Pillion
https://youtu.be/jteDzqanrHs
The Vintagent Trailers: A preview of our favorite feature films out there.
Pillion (2025)
Run Time: 1:46:00
Producer: Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
Director: Harry Lighton
Writer: Harry Lighton, Adam Mars-Jones
Key Cast: Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgård, Douglas Hodge
FILM MAKERS
Pillion is a 2025 romantic dark comedy drama film written and directed by Harry Lighton, based on the 2020 novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones. The film stars Harry Melling as a timid gay man and Alexander Skarsgård as an enigmatic biker who start a BDSM relationship. The film's name, Pillion, is of course, the British term for the passenger seat behind the driver on a motorcycle, which serves as a metaphor for the submissive role in Colin and Ray's BDSM relationship.
Director Harry Lighton spent a weekend with real members of the Gay Bikers Motorcycle Club, members of which who later served as advisors for the film and appeared in it as members of the gay biker gang. The members of the GBMCC also attended the film's premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
In theaters now!
SUMMARY
The most romantic film ever made.
A directionless man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive. A sensual, funny and thoroughly unconventional love story.
It wouldn’t be Cannes without a good scandal film. For 2025, British director Harry Lighton’s feature debut Pillion may be the one that sends the most people clutching their pearls. Centered on a dom-sub relationship within the gay biker milieu, it features depictions of fetishistic sex acts that could trigger a few sensitive souls. It would be a shame, however, if all attention is directed at the kinks and shocks––Lighton has made a truly provocative anti-romance that’s funny, honest, strangely touching. It’s an exceptional balance act that makes Pillion the unlikeliest crowd-pleaser. - Read more in The Film Stage review.
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The Vintagent Selects: Stories Of Bike: Faster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROJ7Nsa7yvk
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
STORIES OF BIKE: FASTER (2018)
Run Time: 9:05
A Film By: Cam Elkins
Key Cast: Alicia Elfving
FILM MAKERS
Cam Elkins conceived Stories of Bike back in 2013. The series that followed explored the love of motorcycles and the people who ride them. We've featured several of the series on The Vintagent including Origins (2013), Romance (2013), Peak Hours (2013), Answers (2014), Dream (2014), Discovery (2015). The final season, season 3 was released in 2018 and premiered with Faster, featuring Alicia Elfving aka Motolady.
MotoLady was created as a way to encourage current and aspiring women riders and replace the bad reputation the sport / hobby has racked up over the years with a positive sense of community. MotoLady is a website built for men and women motorcyclists alike. Those who appreciate women riders can find a massive amount of media here for daily distraction, education, and inspiration. Real women who ride, motorcycles in art, design and marketing, motorcycle fashion, gear reviews, industry news, one of a kind articles and features, and submissions are a few of the things covered. Alicia uses her own photography, video, and design alongside the content of global talents to give a rounded reflection of the motorcycle industry and culture around the world. - TheMotolady.com
SUMMARY
Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
For Alicia, riding her custom Ducati Monster fast is so much more than simple fun. Filmed in Ventura and Ojai, California USA.
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The Vintagent Ads: Honda Elite - Star Studded Spots
https://youtu.be/_Aj2DiI141M
The Vintagent Ads: The campaigns that sold us.
STAR STUDDED SPOTS (1985-1988)
Run Time: 0:30
A Film By: Weiden & Kennedy for Honda
Key Cast: Grace Jones, Adam Ant, Devo
FILM MAKERS
Last week we featured the revolutionary ad campaign by Wieden & Kennedy for the Honda Elite Scooter line featuring Lou Reed. Read all about that spot and the campaign's inception HERE. The pitch was to put an edgy celebrity on a practical efficient city scoot. why not! The ad was a tremendous success and was followed by a series of star studded spots featuring more unlikely (or likely?) celebrities.
SUMMARY
We've added them all to our YouTube channel and you can check them all out here: Grace Jones, Grace Jones & Adam, Ant, Jim McMahon, Sandra Bernhard, Jim McMahon & Sandra Bernhard, Miles Davis, and Devo. As we find more, we'll continue to add them to the Archive. Stay Tuned!
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The Vintagent Ads: Honda Elite - Lou Reed
https://youtu.be/0Zr8gsUOt44
The Vintagent Ads: The campaigns that sold us.
HONDA ELITE - LOU REED (1985)
Run Time: 1:00
Producer: Weiden & Kennedy for Honda
Director: Jim Riswold
Editor: Lawrence Bridges
Key Cast: Lou Reed
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SUMMARY
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The Vintagent Selects: Trippers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIbeyuba7A8
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
TRIPPERS (2024)
Run Time: 9:57
Producer: Ex Litore
A Film By: Will Corwin
Key Cast: The Trippers
FILM MAKERS
Ex Litore is a creative studio founded by photographer Will Corwin in 2022, after more than a decade of in-house experience across various industries. The name, Latin for “from the coast,” pays homage to his roots growing up on the Oregon Coast and speaks to the importance of remembering where we come from and letting an authentic perspective shape the visuals. The studio specializes in high-end product photography, cinematic video production, and art books. Ex Litore also creates ecommerce-ready imagery designed to make products look premium, consistent, and compelling across websites, marketplaces, and digital campaigns. From outdoor and fashion to lifestyle, sports, automotive, and modern ecommerce brands, Ex Litore is built for teams that care about strong imagery and long-term creative partnerships. The studio’s aim is simple: to create work that looks beautiful, feels authentic, and moves your brand forward. Learn more.
Will Corwin sat down to discuss his process filming and editing Trippers. Watch it here.
SUMMARY
"The Trippers are a chopper club that draws inspiration from the ethos of 1960s biker culture, emphasizing a hands-on approach to building and maintaining their motorcycles. Unlike many riders who purchase ready-made bikes, every Tripper builds and maintains their own machine. Their process is unconventional, often influenced by altered states of consciousness, with members performing detailed maintenance, welding, and adjustments while under the influence of psychedelics. A community focused on preparation and endurance, ensuring their bikes are ready to put down the miles day after day." - Tripper Colt
In the summer of 2024, the Trippers rode 2000 miles the long way from Portland Oregon to Virginia City Nevada for the annual chopper show, Virginia City Roundup. Trippers is the commemorative short film in its entirety. Follow Trippers on IG. Trippers on VHS and behind the scenes photo booklet available to purchase on the website.
Will's new motorcycle led project Tales of the Republic: Stories from the Edge of the American Dream is currently in pre production. Watch the teaser here, and stay tuned, we'll be featuring more about it soon!
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The Vintagent Trailers: Cutting Through Rocks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coStYVD5abk
The Vintagent Trailers: A preview of our favorite feature films out there.
CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS (2025)
Run Time: 1:35:00
Producer: Gandom Films Production, InMaat Foundation, Inselfilm Produktion
Director: Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni,
Editor: Mohammadreza Eyni, Sara Khaki
Key Cast: Sara Shahverdi
FILM MAKERS
Shahverdi is a maverick in conservative Iran — a divorced, motorcycle-riding former midwife and the first woman ever elected to a local council in her country. The documentary about this extraordinary woman, directed by Iranian American filmmakers Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni (in their feature debut), has won awards around the globe beginning at Sundance, where it earned the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary. It was just named to the DOC NYC shortlist of the year’s best documentaries. - Read more at Deadline
Cutting Through Rocks has been Nominated for the 2026 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Stay tuned!
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The Vintagent Selects: Angels of Dirt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyH8GVJEEE8
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
ANGELS OF DIRT (2024)
Run Time: 1:26:00
A Film By: Wendy Schneider
Key Cast: Charlotte Kainz, Tammy Kirk, Jennifer (Snyder) Pankey
FILM MAKERS
Wendy Schneider is an award-winning independent filmmaker in Madison, Wisconsin, who has written, directed and produced feature documentaries on Butch Vig’s legendary Smart Studios (“The Smart Studios Story”) and teen self-injury (“CUT”). Schneider is also an activist, musician, and record producer/engineer who brings a DIY ethos and a social consciousness to everything she does.
The Vintagent featured the trailer for Angels Of Dirt back in 2017. Now, after several years of in person screenings and awards won, we are thrilled to announce that on February 13th 2026, the FULL FILM premiered on YouTube, and is available to watch for free!
SUMMARY
Equal parts inspiration and heartbreak, director Wendy Schneider charts the life and career of the amazing Charlotte Kainz, a “small-town girl” who grows up among the racers and pit mechanics at a rural Wisconsin motorcycle track. Developing a taste for speed and a talent for Flat Track racing at age four, young Charlotte dedicates her life to racing and never looks back. Shot over the course of 17 years, this intimate and engaging documentary is an all-encompassing portrait of a fearless young woman with an innate desire and knack for competing and succeeding in a sport very few women, much less young girls, ever thought to compete in.
Charlotte Kainz was born on September 20th, 1996. She learned to ride motorcycles from her father, Jack, when she was just 4 and began racing flat track at age 5. Charlotte raced as an amateur at Aztalan Cycle Club - an AMA District 16 track in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. She grew up as a part of Aztalan’s tight-knit racing community and was known to be a fierce competitor. She was also funny, kind, respectful, and had a beautiful heart. As a teen and young adult, Charlotte became an inspiration and mentor in her community. She was hard-working, confident, and poised to achieve her dream of becoming a professional motorcycle racer.
In 2015, after years of hard work and dedication, Charlotte registered as an AMA professional motorcycle racer. Her number was 35L. Racing on her 450cc, and her dream bike, a Harley-Davidson XR750cc motorcycle, she spent the last few years of her life competing as one of very few women in the sport. On September 25th, 2016, while racing her XR750 in California, Charlotte was involved in an accident that cut her life and career short. Charlotte Kainz made a lasting impression on her community and the racing world. And her passion for racing lives on in her friends, family, and fellow riders.
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There's Always A Motorcycle: Harold and Maude
https://youtu.be/tdU5wUS1G-o
Not all films are Biker Flicks… But a hell of a lot have motorcycles in them!
There’s Always A Motorcycle is a new Vintagent series of compiled clips from moto centric cinema.
HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971)
Run Time: 1:31:00
Producer: Paramount Pictures
Director: Hal Ashby
Writer: Colin Higgins
Key Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles
FILM MAKERS
"I was born in Ogden, Utah, the last of four children. Mom and Dad divorced when I was five or six. Dad killed himself when I was 12. I struggled toward growing up, like others, totally confused. Married and divorced twice before I made it to 21. Hitchhiked to Los Angeles when I was 17. Had about 50 or 60 jobs up to the time I was working as a Multilith operator at good old Republic Studios." - Hal Ashby
Ashby was always a maverick and a contrary person and success proved difficult for Ashby to handle. He became unreliable due to his dependence on drugs and a reclusive lifestyle. He began taking too much time in post production on his films and had a couple of his later projects taken away from him to be edited by others. He tried to straighten himself out, but in the 1980s, he was considered by many to be unemployable. Just when he felt he was turning a corner in his life, he developed cancer that spread to his liver and colon. He died on December 27, 1988. Because he did not have a set visual style, many mistake this for no style at all. His career is not discussed as often as the careers of some of his contemporaries. - Read more at IMDB
"The film will tell you what to do."
UCLA film school student Colin Higgins wrote Harold and Maude as his master's thesis. While working as producer Edward Lewis's pool boy, Higgins showed the script to Lewis's wife, Mildred. Mildred was so impressed that she got Edward to give it to Stanley Jaffe at Paramount. Higgins sold the script with the understanding that he would direct the film, but he was told he was not ready after tests he shot proved unsatisfactory to the studio heads. Ashby said that he would only commit to directing the film after getting Higgins' blessing, and took Higgins on as a co-producer so he could watch and learn from him on the set. Higgins went on to direct several hits including '9 to 5' and 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'.
Watch: Hal (2018) - Hal Ashby directed a remarkable string of acclaimed, widely admired classics throughout the 1970s, but is often overlooked amid the crowd of luminaries from his generation. Amy Scott’s exuberant portrait explores that curious oversight. Watch the Trailer. Rent the full film on Apple TV or Youtube.
Read: Being Hal Ashby: Life of A Hollywood Rebel, by Nick Dawson (2009)
SUMMARY
"They were meant to be. But exactly what they were meant to be is not quite clear."
With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era. Working from a script by Colin Higgins, Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (Bud Cort) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light along with the ones that separate people by class, gender, and age, and it features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens. Watch Harold and Maude (1971) on Pluto for Free!
“It’s as funny as a burning orphanage.” - Variety review, 1971
The motorcycle in the film is a 1969 Moto Guzzi V7 Police Special. In a 50th anniversary article about the film in Variety, Producer Charles Mulvehill recounts a fateful day on set. "Truthfully, the movie was challenging to pull off. We have the scene with the motorcycle cop where they’re replanting a tree. They’re pulled over by a motorcycle cop who at the end of the scene gets back on his bike and heads off down the road. And he had forgotten to put his kickstand up on the bike, he went flying off. Luckily he wasn’t seriously hurt, but it was bad enough that he couldn’t do the role. So that that’s when I asked Tom Skerritt, a friend of ours, if he’d do it as a cameo. And he played the motorcycle cop and he did a terrific job."
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Bud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77 - NY Times, 2/11/26
YOUR hearse? YEARSE! - my love letter to Harold and Maude (2011) at Cine Meccanica
The Vintagent Selects: Joey Dunlop Special
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GgC3T6b5XY
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
BETWEEN THE HEDGES: JOEY DUNLOP SPECIAL - ISLE OF MAN TT RACES (2025)
Run Time: 25:00
A Film By: TT+
Narrator: John Hogan
Key Cast: Joey Dunlop, John McGuinness, James Whitman
FILM MAKERS
The ultimate test of man and machine… The hardest race on the planet… The greatest motor-sporting event in the world. For as long as men and women have been competing at the Isle of Man TT Races, people have been trying to explain just how special it truly is. Between The Hedges takes us into the fascinating world of the TT Races, with some of the greatest road racers of all-time talking through this truly unique event.
Watch all four seasons of Between The Hedges HERE.
SUMMARY
The award-winning Between the Hedges returns with a powerful special episode dedicated to ‘Yer Maun’ Joey Dunlop OBE. Featuring special guests and exclusive insights, the episode reflects on his remarkable legacy and takes a deep dive into his final TT appearance in 2000, 25 years on.
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TT Rewind: 30 Year Race Archive - Watch Free!
The Vintagent Selects: Southbound Episode 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxomHtQm2sc
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
SOUTHBOUND EPISODE 2 (2025)
Run Time: 1:27:58
A Film By: Danny McGee, Jonah Levine
Key Cast: Danny McGee, Jonah Levine, Jesse Evers
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In February of 2023 two friends and I set out on the biggest adventure of our lives - riding off road motorcycles from LA to the southern tip of South America, riding one month per year until we get there. In episode 1 we rode from Los Angeles to the border of Guatemala. This year we're picking back up where we left off riding through the entirety of Central America including Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Danny Mcgee
SUMMARY
Southbound is our story of riding motorcycles from the US to the southern tip of South America. In episode 1 we rode over 4000 miles from LA to the border of Guatemala in southern Mexico. This year we're pushing further south through Central America to Panama City. Southbound Episode 2 screened at the 2026 PDX Motorcycle Film Festival.
Watch The Full Film: Southbound Episode 2 (2025)
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Watch the trailer: Southbound Episode 1 (2024)
Watch the full film: Southbound Episode 1 (2024)
