Motherload
Year: 2019
Country: USA
Director: Liz Canning
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 87 min.
Age: 6+
Country: USA
Director: Liz Canning
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 87 min.
Age: 6+
A crowdsourced doc about a new mom's quest to understand and promote the cargo bike movement in a gas-powered, digital and divided world
MOTHERLOAD captures a new mother’s quest to understand the increasing isolation and disconnection of modern life, its planetary impact, and how cargo bikes could be an antidote.
Filmmaker Liz Canning cycled everywhere until she had twins in 2008. Motherhood was challenging, but to Liz hauling babies via car felt stifling. She Googled “family bike” and uncovered a global movement of people replacing cars with cargo bikes: long-frame bicycles designed for carrying heavy loads. Liz set out to learn more, and MOTHERLOAD was born.
Online Talk with the Director Liz Canning: December 17th, 20:00
With the support of the US Embassy.
Online Talk with the Director Liz Canning: December 17th, 20:00
With the support of the US Embassy.
