Hosted by Austin Eats:

It’s FREE and FOR ALL AGES. Biking, Scooting and e-Biking encouraged.

As part of Austin Eats' efforts to bring healthy food resources and lively discussion around local food access to the Austin community, this event is intended for those who live, work, play, volunteer, study, or worship in Austin.

Bike Vessel (2024) by Eric Seals (56 min)

BIKE VESSEL is a feature documentary following Donnie Seals Sr. and his son and filmmaker Eric as they cycle from St. Louis to Chicago. Bike Vessel also utilizes archival footage/photographs and animations to take viewers to Seals’ previous unhealthy life and health complications, while giving audiences an intimate look inside a Black working-class family living outside Chicago in Wheaton, IL. By the end of the film, viewers will understand where Seals once was in his health journey, how he made a full recovery, and his everyday commitment and struggle of never going back to where he once was. An intimate look into a father-son relationship, Bike Vessel is a poetic meditation on kinship, connection, and deep familial love.

Here is the lineup for our evening together:

6:00 pm: Doors open. Tell us your favorite veggie or fruit and register for raffle prizes.

6:30-8 pm: Food & Fellowship

Tours of the Circle Urban Ministries’ garden are given by youth from One For One Chicago

Dinner bites served by Chef Ali Kleiche from Mafunzo International Fitness & Kitchen and Chef Patty Ringo from Katr2U: delicious, simple, and healthy recipes

Enjoy the tastes of chicken sausages and vegan sausages at the Grill Station

Refreshing flavored waters at our Hydration Station

S’mores station, including all ingredients and coaching to make your own, hosted by GSJ Family Life Center

Free health screenings offered by PCC Wellness

Raffle for a refurbished Schwinn Cruiser bike from Working Bikes

Other community partners will be offering lots of freebies and fun

8 pm-9:30 pm: Film & Discussion

Chef Ali will lead an easy, gentle exercise

Bring a blanket or folding chair. (We’ll also have chairs for those who biked) Settle in to watch “Bike Vessel.”

After the film, the movie director, Eric Seals, and the movie subject, Donnie Seals Sr., will discuss the film and answer your questions.

We’ll hold our raffle drawing

Masks are not required but are welcome.

Register and More Info Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-in-the-garden-bike-vessel-tickets-1407561728019?aff=oddtdtcreator