Hoima Bicycle (part 2 of 4)

This documentary shows the process of designing a bicycle for and with Ugandan bicycle couriers, known as Boda-boda. Filmed primarily in Uganda, it shows the realities of current day East Africa, from the chaotic streets of Kampala to the inside of gritty mud-thatched homes in rural Hoima. In Uganda many residents use cheap, clunky bicycles for their primary means of transportation. Through a unique collaboration between an American designer and Ugandan couriers, a new bicycle design was conceived and a prototype was made. The designer then traveled to Uganda to meet the couriers and to have the bike tested and critiqued. Would they like it? Or is it back to the drawing board?

Winner; Best Documentary short of Northwest Projections Film Festival 2009. Screened at the IDSA International Conference 2008, Pheonix, AZ, USA. And the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, Annual Conference 2010, San Francisco, CA.

This is part 2 of 4.

If you would like a DVD of the complete documentary (30 minutes) it is available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Hoima-Bicycle-Jason-Morris/dp/B003AILX78

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• design for the other 90%
• hoima
• uganda
• design
• industrial
• western
• washington
• id

[tommar1722]

That wasn't swahili they were speaking...

[Jazzblazter]

Great work. Looking forward to see part 3.