“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 bu 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.” |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 0.0/10 | |
Released: | January 1, 1996 | |
Runtime: | 6 min | |
Genres: | Short | |
Crew: | Sam Ball | |
random000 : Maybe a take on 2009 Adventureland with Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Wiig & Margarita Levieva. ...