The Rider the Wolf (2015)

In 2009 Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductee Mike The Bike Rust went missing from his offthegrid property in Colorados San Luis Valley His disappearancewhich received almost no pressremains unsolved An innovator in his sport Rust custombuilt bikes for Colorados mountain passes starting a fattire revolution and designing gear that transformed the industry Salida native Nathan Ward himself an intrepid mountain biker set out to tell Rusts story tracking the pioneers subject through the infancy of the sport to his role in the thriving community that surrounds it today Ward brings the riveting documentary to life with a unique local perspective and access By combining interviews reenactments home movies and archival footageand even consulting a psychic to communicate with Rusts spritthe directorcinematographer attempts to find answers to this mystery full of loose ends and cold trails Denver Film Society