The Bikes of Wrath

(2018)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 190 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2018

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: Australia

Director: Charlie Turnbull, Cameron Ford

Cast: Cameron Ford, Charlie Turnbull, Leon Morton, Red Chaouki, Oliver Chiswell

Plot

Oklahoma to California: 2600 kms, 420 dollars, 30 days, 5 bikes, 3 cameras, 2 guitars and one of the most influential novels of the 20th century — The Bikes of Wrath is the story of adventure, human connection, and an in-depth look at today’s America through the lens of John Steinbeck’s seminal novel, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’.

In 2015 5 friends from Australia set out to bike from Oklahoma to California the same route the families traveled in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. The friends did this on a budget of just $420 which is the equivalent to the $18 each family had on average that made the same trek during the dust bowl. They were overwhelmed by the generosity of the people in the states they biked through which are known as Red States. During the edited process of the documentary they realized this trek was more about the people they met than the actual trek.