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Zimbabwe Wheel

Zimbabwe Wheel Poster

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Runtime: 6 minutes

Overview

“Factory-made wheelchairs are huge, heavy and ugly.” To counter this reality, wheelchair riders Ralph Hotchkiss and Omar Talavera began making beautiful, all-terrain wheelchairs. Their work draws on the resourcefulness of disabled people in the Third World, who have no choice but to build their own chairs. A well-crafted piece in its own right, Zimbabwe Wheel illustrates that wheelchairs can be truly empowering works of art: hand-crafted machines that are inexpensive, durable, and tailored to the needs of the rider.” Working on your chair is like working on your whole sense of self,” says a student, describing a feeling no factory-made chair can provide.

Genres

  • Documentary

Production Companies

  • Citizen Film (US)

Additional Information

Budget: $0

Revenue: $0

Popularity: 0.1469

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Status: Released

Homepage: https://citizenfilm.org/project/zimbabwe-wheel/

IMDb: tt0409522