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A Time To Ride is about the cross-country bicycle ride and marriage equality awareness campaign of married lesbian grandmothers Elisia and Carrie Ross-Stone, also known as the Rainbow Grannies. Their journey began on May 2 as they rode from San Francisco's Golden Gate Park 3,100 miles, arriving in New York City on July 10. In cities, both large and small, they held press conferences and rallies, lead bike rides, met with local elected officials and spoke to local gay and lesbian organizations. These were galvanizing events, encouraging locals to be aware and involved with the fight for marriage equality.

A Time To Ride captures the Grannies courageous and determined effort, continuing despite death threats, exhaustion, injuries and homesickness; there's a lot of drama in 3,100 miles. Viewers will meet families along the Ride's route whose lives have been negatively impacted by a lack of civil marriage rights, families who want to be protected, together, and safe. News and archival footage will be interwoven, providing context and illustrating why those public figures supporting discriminatory legislation must be removed from office. View

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The Rainbow Ride 2004

In the Spring of 2003, tired of waiting for marriage equality to come to them, Carrie and Elisia set out on the first in a series of cross-country bicycle rides. The Rainbow Ride Across America is a cross-country bicycle ride and awareness campaign designed to educate and inform the community about the need for equal civil marriage rights for same-sex couples. One very important objective is to encourage people to register to vote and to ask them to discuss the equal civil marriage rights issue with friends and family. They strive to create many more advocates of equality who will vote in support of the community. The Ross-Stones are a traditional American family and are angry about others labeling them as deviant and less deserving.

The first Ride began in Augustine, FL and ended 2,500 miles and two and a half months later in San Diego, CA. In cities and towns along the way they talked to individuals and groups about equal civil marriage rights.

In 2004, the marriages in San Francisco and other locations made same-sex marriage a hot button issue and the second Rainbow Ride Across America even more timely and important. Some of the highlights include: a warm greeting from the mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah; an emotional protest outside the office of Colorado Representative Marilyn Musgrave (author of the Federal Marriage Amendment); a visit to Matthew Shepard's Laramie, Wyoming; a counter protested from Fred Phelps and fifty of his flock in Topeka, Kansas; a bike ride through Manhattan to end the ride before an excited crowd and five TV news crews.

For highlights and photos from each stop, read the Grannies 2004 Ride Journal

Rainbow Ride 2004 Itinerary
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Keith Wilson - Producer/Director/Camera/Editor
Keith is an independent filmmaker and visual artist living in San Francisco. His 2002 short documentary, Southern Family, was awarded the Best Short Documentary Prize at the Downstream International Film Festival and received second place honors at the Chicago International Gay and Lesbian Festival and the University of Oregon Queer Film Festival. Distributed by Frameline, Southern Family has screened at over 30 film festivals in the United States, Canada and Europe and is owned by the Center for Disease Control and numerous universities and libraries.

Keith grew up on a cul-de-sac in Gwinnet County, Georgia a suburb of Atlanta and enjoys art, macramae, public television and making ridiculous videos that only his closest associates appreciate. He sometimes says y'all and loves to eat at the Waffle House.

Travis Mathews - Producer/Second Camera/Assistant Editor
Travis has been making movies, writing plays, screenplays and making totally awesome mixed tapes since he was a teen in rural Johnstown, Ohio. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in counseling psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. His documentary about gay males with eating disorders, Do I Look Fat, is in the final stages of editing.

Kasey Foster - Associate Producer/Second Camera/Assistant Editor
Kasey has been working in broadcasting for six years, beginning her career at CNN as a Newsource feed producer. Since moving to San Francisco in 2000, she has worked as an assignment editor in local news as well as a freelance camera woman and editor. She is the producer of the critically acclaimed Public Access show, "V i d e o R i o t", and spins vintage Hawaiian music as DJ Aloha. She holds a degree in Art History from UCLA and loves to eat at the Waffle House with Keith even though he always wants to SPLIT the stupid All-Star Breakfast. Like - do you think they would really offer it if it was too much food for one person?

Eva Sollberger - Second Camera
Eva likes to make movies, dance and sing.  She pretends her life is a musical and makes killer mango pancakes. She would like to thank her dog Sheila, her cat Boots and Melanie B a.k.a. "Scary Spice". She recently starred in Burlington Vermont's Production of Grease and is currently working for the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

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About Walleye Productions

Founded in 2000, Walleye Productions is the brainchild of one Keith Wilson and is the perfect place for lovers of grandma's, movement therapists, lunch ladies, track housing and double eyelids. Watch some short movies, find out about Walleye TV on SF Cable Access and have a little fun while you're at it.

Oh yeah, if you were looking for the complete fishing scene on Lake Erie, you have come to the wrong Walleye. Please point your clicker to the Lake Erie Walleye Online Magazine for tips on choosing the right fishing line and to purchase Michigan Stinger Scorpion Pro Series bait supplies. Apparently, the 2004 season looks promising.

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