Same beach, same bikes, two Americas. This doc exposes the racism hiding in plain chrome.
In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, two national motorcycle festivals are held over the weeks around the Memorial Day Holiday. One festival is primarily white, the other is predominantly black. While bikers of both colors enjoy both festivals; the city, community and state view these two festivals vastly different creating a divide among the participants, business owners and residents. Against the backdrop of the historical relevance of the area's segregated past, this documentary explores the opposing viewpoints on segregation and integration, mutual love of motorcycle culture, and racial tensions that reach a boiling point every spring in this southern beach mecca.
Direction
Kelly lets hypocrisy hang itself with patient observation.
Editing
Juxtaposed festival footage speaks louder than any narration.
Production
Access to both sides feels almost illegally intimate.
Director
Ricky Kelly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Atlantic Beach was founded 1934 as one of few Black-owned coastal communities in the Jim Crow South, making it literally irreplaceable heritage.
The documentary's 2018 release predated 2020's racial reckoning by two years—making its ignored warnings absolutely haunting.
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