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.

13 Sep

Focus on Oakland: Women Sports Film Festival

We’re delighted to announce that Mama Agatha will be showing at the 2nd Annual Women Sports Film Festival!
The Women Sports Film Festival returns to Oakland with a full slate of films and panel discussions about strong women and girls pursuing their dreams and persisting in the face of tremendous obstacles.

The festival starts September 28. Mama Agatha is scheduled for Saturday, September 30, 2017.

11 Aug

Screening: Cycling and Society symposium London

The Cycling and Society symposium series was launched in 2004 at Lancaster University. The symposia, held annually around the UK, are linked to the Cycling and Society Research Group whose members span many disciplines and approaches to the study of cycling.
The next Symposium will be on 7th and 8th September 2017 on the theme of #CitiesToShare, and will be held at Imperial College London, and we are happy to announce that a screening of Mama Agatha will be part of the program on the first day, September 7.

Take a look at the website for more details.

13 Dec

Mama Agatha meets Bike Anjo

Bike Anjo is a wonderful volunteer network of experienced cyclists who teach people all over Brazil to ride safely on the streets, for free. During their national meeting last weekend, we were honored to show Mama Agatha – and now here is an unexpected suprise: Bike Anjo’s JP Amaral just met Mama Agartha in Amsterdam!
Watch her message below!

Recado Mama Agatha para Rede Bike Anjo

Exibimos o Mama Agatha – The Film no #3ENBA e para nossa surpresa, o bike anjo JP Amaral, estava em Amsterdã, Holanda, e conheceu a MAMA AGATHA.Confiram o recado mega carinhoso que ela enviou para todas as pessoas que fazem a Rede Bike Anjo! 0=))))

Posted by Bike Anjo on Tuesday, December 13, 2016

01 Nov

Southeast Asia debut: Ride Your City 2016 in Kuala Lumpur

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This week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
Ride Your City 2016, a celebration of all things cycling!
We are super excited to be debuting with Mama Agatha in Southeast Asia at this incredible event with bike talks, bike movies, bike exhibitions, bike workshops, bike races and competitions and so much more. Everything in Kuala Lumpur will be revolving around the bicycle on November 5/6 and we’re proud to be a part of it!