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With My Own Two Wheels is a 2010 film by brothers Jacob and Isaac Seigel-Boettner about the transformational power of bicycles. It was screened at the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colorado.

Synopsis

It focuses on five individuals from around the world: Fred, a caregiver from Zambia who rides from village to village visiting AIDS patients; Carlos in Guatemala, who invented a pedal-powered device that offers a small-scale alternative to diesel-fueled machines; Sharkey, who avoids gang life by working in a Santa Barbara, California neighborhood bike shop; Bharati, a young girl in India who gets an education because she has a bicycle to ride to school; and Mirriam, a bike mechanic in Ghana stricken with Polio.

Awards

• Official Selection - San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
• Official Selection - Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• Nominee – 2011 Fund for Santa Barbara Social Justice in Documentary Film Award
• Winner - Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize – UC Berkeley

See also

• Bikes Not Bombs
• Pedaling to Freedom
• World Bicycle Relief

References

1. James Mills (Jun 25, 2011). "With My Own Two Wheels". USA Today. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
2. "With My Own Two Wheels". Mountainfilm, LTD. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
3. "With My Own Two Wheels". IMDb. Retrieved 2011-07-12.

External links

• With My Own Two Wheels at IMDb
• www.withmyowntwowheels.org

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