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MAMA AGATHA

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Schedule

Saturday, September 30, 2017
6:30pm – 9:00pm
The New Parkway Theater
Oakland, CA

This film is screening with

Blood Road

FILM DETAILS:

Duration: 16 minutes
Country: The Netherlands
Year: 2015
Language: Dutch, English, Twi
Website: Mama Agatha

DESCRIPTION:

Once a week, a group of migrant women from Southeast Amsterdam meet in a gymnasium to learn how to cycle. Supervising their bicycle course is a Ghanaian woman nicknamed ‘Mama Agatha’. Over the summer, this community mother gives the ladies from China, Pakistan and Suriname the confidence to get behind the two wheels for the first time. As the weeks pass, her students progress from cycling around the gymnasium to a busy parking lot before taking to the streets of Amsterdam after graduating from the program with brand new bicycles. The film captures a heart-warming story about letting go of the past and the freedom of riding a bicycle.

DIRECTOR:

Fadi Hindash

DIRECTOR BIO:

Fadi Hindash is focused on character-driven and thought-provoking stories, both documentary and fiction. Born in Italy and raised in Dubai, he started making films in 2004 following his graduation from the New York Film Academy and is now based in Amsterdam. His award-winning first feature-length documentary, Not Quite the Taliban, premiered at Movies That Matter film festival in The Hague and was screened in over 30 countries. His most recent short fiction, 12th of Never, was awarded the Grand Prize for Best Screenplay at the Rhode Island Film Festival. His most recent feature-length documentary I’m Not Afraid (2017) premiered at One World Human Rights Film Festival Prague.

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