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by Greg Sucharew

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What happens to an impoverished developing nation town when you flood it with 20,000 bicycles? You lift three times that number of people out of poverty. Pedals for Progress and founder David Schweidenback have been shipping used American bicycles to Rivas, Nicaragua for the last two decades and the transformation has been incredible.

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Credits

Greg Sucharew
Director
Felicia Jamieson
Producer
Frank Trotta
Dir. Photography
Jenny Mayhem
Music

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Anne Hamersky 11 months ago

Beautiful, Greg!
srh bvr 11 months ago

can't wait to see the final cut!!!
CH Holt 11 months ago

Looks Great and very interesting subject, Greg!!
Julie Drexler 11 months ago

Bravo!!
Macrobiotico 11 months ago

Awesome
Matthew Corliss 11 months ago

Incredible! I used to surf in San... oh, I can't remember the name, but I was there only a couple years ago and I remember noticing loads of bikes in Rivas... How awesome is this doco?
Douglas Morse 11 months ago

Beautiful. I can't wait to see it. If there's anything I can do, drop me a line.
Jack Collins 11 months ago

Really cool, added to socially minded documentaries :)
DOCUPERU 11 months ago

we can't wait to see it!
Marcelo Reis 11 months ago

que bueno!
Kevin Day 10 months ago

Wonderful! Can't wait to see the film. I'm going to do what I can to promote and share the love and life changing lifestyle. Thank you.
stanley huynh 10 months ago

you are damn right Kevin ! lifestyle !
especially when you see society dying and suffocating with Cars ! bicycle''s access for the poor people,for everybody ,can't wait to see more of your documentaries folks !
Zack McTee 10 months ago

you should be proud of this film
John Cromwell 10 months ago

Fantastic!
Bicycle Portraits 10 months ago

Hi Greg. Wow, really great - can't wait to see the final film. We're working on a similar project here in South Africa - it's called Bicycle Portraits and we've been photographing everyday South Africans who commute and use bicycle as a means of independence for well over a year. The project will become a book and documentary very soon. Have a look -

bicycleportraits.co.za

Thanks!

Stan.
hrldmm 10 months ago

Should be done in every third world country...Awesome!
Jon Bryant 10 months ago

Great story telling, wonderful images.
James Drake 10 months ago

inspiring!
Jon Rawlinson 10 months ago

Fantastic.

Beautifully shot.

Uplifting story. I'll definitely help you out.

:)
Ricky Norris 10 months ago

great work!
timmatsui.com 10 months ago

As someone who used to live on his bike, I can appreciate this! Great work, and thanks for sharing some of behind the scenes.
Dave Mercer 10 months ago

Looks like a beautiful story! Great characters, beautiful filming, perfect edit.

Were most of the shots filmed on the Canon? What did you use to stabilize the moving shots/bicycle shots?

I'm using a Panasonic GH1 down here in Guatemala to film news stories (and starting work on a doc) and am still learning the strengths/weaknesses of shooting with a DSLR. Locked down shots are great ... taking the camera off the sticks takes a lot more practice ...

Look forward to seeing the finished piece.
Aquatic Tangerine 10 months ago

maravilloso
Chris Winter 10 months ago

Beautiful Greg!
Me 10 months ago

Fantastic! A truly good subject matter, and it looks well executed too! To bad about the typo @ 0:43 "Chaiman".
LukeDwyer 10 months ago

Really well done! Can't wait to see it all. Posted front page on my blog themdfa.blogspot.com
Rick Kluskens 10 months ago

Beautiful!
Ludopixel 10 months ago

What a nice idea for a project. It's really good of you to document it and help spread the idea.
David F 10 months ago

Snappy filming. Great subject.
Livius Andronicus 9 months ago

Goes a long way to showing how things we never think of can be so essential, so helpful and important to people in need. Beautiful.
Precious Productions 9 months ago

Beautiful film, ethical and changing via 2 wheels
Melissa Webster 9 months ago

Is it ready? I wanna watch it!
ALSO SISTERS 3 months ago

Very interesting subject! Looking forward to watch it.
Great colors and storytelling.
:) ;)
Track King NYC 2 months ago

Awesome video bicycle rocks !!
Greg Sucharew 2 months ago

Thanks... getting closer to being done with the film too...
Track King NYC 2 months ago

Cool ! Let me know when you're done
John Cossham 2 months ago

Looking forward to being able to see this film. Hope that City Screen in York will show it. When it's available I'll send links to the marketing manager who's a friend of mine. Cheers, all the best for that final edit. John, York, UK
T.C. Johnstone 1 month ago

Fantastic story. I love simple things that help people. "It's the introduction of the wheel." Great line. Profound.
Jape 1 month ago

Excellent video!

Does anybody knows what song is the last one?
Greg Sucharew 4 weeks ago

The last song is called When You're Older, and it is by Jenny Mayhem. She is listed as a crew member above or you can check out this link to her vimeo page.
vimeo.com/jennymayhem
Jape 4 weeks ago

Thank you Greg! I really like this song.
Oliver 3 weeks ago

Good Video