motherload
A crowd-sourced documentary exploring our cultural shift toward isolation and disconnection, how this may affect our future, and whether the cargo bike could be an antidote.
As a new mum of twins, filmmaker Liz Canning is lonely, stressed about the planet’s uncertain future, and missing what made her feel connected, free and alive:
her bicycle.
MOTHERLOAD not only describes how the earliest bicycles
facilitated women’s fight for the vote and made the poor mobile,
but also shows how 21st century bicycles are empowering
mothers, families, communities and advocacy networks all over
the world. A central point of the film is that we cannot fight for
social justice, climate justice or much of anything unless we first
resist the cultural shift toward isolation and disconnection.
Bicycles connect people with their own bodies, environments
and communities, clarifying and aiding in the protection of what
is most important.
Tuesday 18th February
7.30-9.00pm
Free to members.
Donations towards the cost of hiring the film welcome.
Suggested: £3
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Getting there
Common Ground
37-38 Little Clarendon St, Oxford OX1 2HF