08 Mar

Happy International Women’s Day: Mama Agatha full documentary now available online

Dear friends, partners and supporters,

Four years ago, on International Women’s Day 2015, still as a not quite finished film, «Mama Agatha» was shown for the first time to an audience during a pre-premiere event at Paradiso cultural center in Amsterdam. Since then, it has been screened hundreds of times all around the world and continues to inspire people to take up cycling. Today, commemorating International Women’s Day, we are very excited to announce that the full documentary «Mama Agatha» is now freely available for everyone to watch online.

Hearing the positive responses the film has received is a fantastic feeling and we’d like to express our gratitude to all those who have made this incredible journey possible: Agartha Frimpong, her team and all of the women who participated in the documentary, our awesome film crew, our advisors Carmen Hogenelst, Angela van der Kloof and Marjolein Lange, the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts and the Netherlands Film Fund, the many film festivals who have selected our documentary for their programs, all the Netherlands Embassies that we had the pleasure to work with, the cycling organizations that tirelessly work towards a world with sustainable and equitable mobility, the scholars and universities who found academic value in the film, and all of the many other people who have supported it in various ways over the years. Thank you!

Please help us spread the word and make sure as many people see the benefits and positive effects cycling can have. Share the documentary with your family, friends and colleagues. Know someone who likes cycling? Or documentaries? Send them the link! Post it on your social media, tweet it, forward it to your WhatsApp groups! And ask people to share it with their own contacts, too. Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/SzdyTnO39fw

 

30 Jan

Screening at Cycling Cultures: Insights and Methods symposium in Manchester Metropolitan University

Cycling Cultures: Insights and Methods is a symposium at Manchester Metropolitan University that showcases established and emerging research around cycling. The symposium will take place on February 14, 2019 and the afternoon program includes a screening of Mama Agatha with a foreword by film scholar Dr. Bruce Bennett (Lancaster University). See the event website for more information.

 

10 Sep

#BikeforEurope at Fietslab Gelderland

Bike for Europe is a cross-border cycling tour which aims to promote the bicycle as a sustainable and active means of transportation, physical activity in general as well as international co-operation between European countries with a special focus on the social inclusion through sport. Two teams of cyclists will cycle across Europe, starting on September 1st separately from two different countries, the Netherlands and Greece. On Sunday, September 2nd, the Northern team made a stop at Fietslab Gelderland. For this special occasion, Mobycon in collaboration with the Province of Gelderland presented Mama Agatha, followed by a Q&A with Agartha Frimpong.

Here’s two nice photos from the event!

 

18 Jun

Happening in July: Women’s Festival of Cycling UK

Throughout the month of July 2018 Cycling UK will be celebrating women who love cycling, and encouraging many more to take up and continue cycling. The Women’s Festival of Cycling will include cycle rides and events all round the country, ranging from just a few miles with a coffee and cake stop to longer endurance rides, both on and off-road. A screening of Mama Agatha is also part of the program, as are many other great events. Visit the website for more information.

02 Jun

Mama Agatha cycling along with Big Bike Film Night and Cycle Chic Film Tour

We’re over the moon to be returning to New Zealand and Australia for a massive tour as part of the Big Bike Film Night and Cycle Chic Film Tour program!

The Big Bike Film Night is an evening dedicated to the love of cycling; and pedaling alongside it is their partner the Cycle Chic Film Tour celebrating, inspiring and encouraging women who love to bike.
The events have started already and will be taking place all around New Zealand and Australia all the way until September, so make sure to check out the website and keep an eye on our Facebook page for the most up-to-date info!

27 Oct

HUB Bike Shorts Vancouver: An Evening of Films about Bikes

HUB Cycling is a charity that has been working for nearly 20 years to make cycling safer in Metro Vancouver.

Next Wednesday, Mama Agatha is screening as part of the program of HUB Cycling’s Bike Shorts Film Event and Fundraiser, featuring local and international short films about cycling. Come join the event for a celebratory evening with prizes, beer, popcorn, a silent auction and an incredible community. Find out more on bikehub.ca/bikeshorts.