Women Who Ride - Documentary Screening & Fundraiser

Join KALW for a preview screening and fundraiser for this powerful documentary about a vital group of Bay Area originals. Come watch the film and meet its director and protagonist live and in person at KALW's 220 Montgomery Live Event Studio and Gallery.
Watch the Women Who Ride Sizzle Reel

About the Film: Tish Edwards, the club's founder, spends most of her days managing her accounting business and taking care of her son, who was paralyzed from the chest down in a 2004 car accident. Everyone in Tish’s community depends on her, and she thrives on this responsibility. Riding and the club are Tish’s outlets; she needs them to feel whole. Yet, issues with her own health arose, and in the last three years, she has only been on her bike three times. Without her leadership, many club members allowed their bikes to fall into disrepair.

Tish sets her sights on her niece Taylor to take a more prominent role in the club and to finally get her motorcycle license.

The film will challenge stereotypes of who we often see riding motorcycles and demonstrate this close-knit community coming together to do something for the pure joy of the activity and the camaraderie they experience with other women. Against the backdrop of the Northern California landscape, audiences will come to know Tish and other key members of D’Vious Wayz MC during this monumental time in the group's existence.

Jessica Jones is an Emmy® (CA-regional) nominated documentary filmmaker and editor. Her work often focuses on community, representation, and racial equity through character-driven narratives. She has been a part of the editing team for films that have appeared on Netflix, Disney+, and PBS. Recent editor credits include BORN FOR THIS (dir: Jen Gilomen) and the forthcoming feature, COACH EMILY (dir: Pallavi Somusetty). In addition, she has edited numerous short documentaries that have appeared in The New York Times, BBC, KQED, and other outlets, where she was part of Webby-acknowledged series, including for If Cities Can Dance (KQED) and My Black Joy (@instagram). Currently, she is directing the upcoming documentary WOMEN WHO RIDE, and she is an editing mentor for the BAVC Media Better Together Program.

Frankie "Tish" Edwards is a longtime Oakland community leader, devoted mother, and the founder and president of D’Vious Wayz Motorcycle Club, Oakland’s first Black women’s motorcycle club. After retiring from Alameda County, she continued her commitment to service by launching her own small business, where she works as a notary, tax accountant, and insurance agent.

Come early to see Raymundo Valdez's Prismatic City: Landmarks in Light, a solo art exhibition showing the city as it lives: layered, luminous, & constantly changing. RSVP for the March 6 opening here. The show is on view at KALW’s Live Event Studio Art Gallery through April 10.

There is a $10 - $20 sliding scale suggested donation for this event. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.

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📍 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI

🆓 The event is free with an RSVP — and you are welcome to donate what you want

Please note:

• The event space is just to the left of the main entrance to the Mills Building at 220 Montgomery Street
• We recommend taking BART/MUNI, exiting at Montgomery, and walking two blocks north
• Ride-shares can drop off and pick up directly in front of the venue
• If you drive, there are several garages within two blocks of the event location; free street parking is available across from the venue at 7:00 pm

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220 Montgomery St, 220 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, United States

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