MOTHERLOAD virtual screening and Q&A with Director Liz Canning
Event Information
About this Event
Tuesday 23rd March 2021
18:00 - 19:00
Description
As part of Climate Month, we are screening the fantastic and empowering independent film, MOTHERLOAD as well as a Q&A with director Liz Canning.
Your booking will include the MOTHERLOAD film plus the live Q&A. You will receive a digital password to view the film 3 days prior before the event, so you have 48 hours to watch the film before the Q&A. We do hope that everyone watches the screening before attending the discussion.
MOTHERLOAD is a crowdsourced documentary in which the cargo bicycle becomes a vehicle for exploring motherhood in this digital age of climate change. The film follows director and new mother Liz Canning on her quest to understand the increasing tension between modern life and our hunter-gatherer DNA, and how cargo bikes offer a solution. As Liz meets the people behind this push to replace cars with purpose-built bikes, she learns about the history and potential future of the bicycle as the “ultimate social revolutionizer.” Conflict arises when characters encounter cultural resistance, in particular bikelash focused on women and mothers. MOTHERLOAD draws connections here to the struggle of cyclist Suffragettes and to women's seemingly endless fight for bodily autonomy. Ultimately, Liz's experiences as a cyclist, as a mother, and in discovering the cargo bike world, teach her that sustainability is not necessarily about compromise and sacrifice, and that there are few things more empowering in an age of consumption than the ability to create everything from what seems to be nothing.
Panellists:
- Liz Canning, Director of MOTHERLOAD
- Stuart Lane - Sustainability & Energy Officer at Poole Hospital
- Marc Lohez - Cargobike user and member of BH Active Travel forum
- Beth Barker-Stock - Senior Cycling and Walking Officer at BCP Council
- David Fevyer - Local resident and Early Career Active Travel Researcher
This event will be broadcast via Zoom. Registration details will be sent out before the event via email.
For further information on this event please contact sustainability@bournemouth.co.uk.
MOTHERLOAD Director/Producer/Editor/Animator: Liz Canning.
BIO: Liz’s work has screened internationally, winning awards including a Sundance Special Jury Prize (American Blackout - editor/producer). After graduating from Brown University in Semiotics, Liz worked at San Francisco’s Artists Television Access and Film Arts Foundation while making films. Her award-winning Handmirror/Brushset Included screened internationally, on PBS and at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC (distributed by Art Com). Since 2000, Liz has worked as a professional filmmaker focused on editing and animation for documentaries. Girls Rock! secured theatrical distribution and featured five animated sequences created by Liz and to demonstrate the cultural forces affecting young girls.
Reactions:MOTHERLOAD took me quite by surprise… I truly had tears in my eyes throughout — tears of happiness, anger, frustration, love, and pure joy!
— Joni Cooper, Director of Programming, DOCLands Film FestivalI overheard someone yesterday in a cafe say: "I keep seeing moms bringing kids around on bikes. It must be because of that movie."— Tarrell Kullaway, Executive Director, Marin Bicycle CoalitionThank you so much for creating this beautiful film. Everyone was so inspired. I was struggling to hold back every type of emotional tear one is capable of. You’re a bloody legend.— Matt Loft, AustraliaOfficial website: www.motherloadmovie.com/welcome
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