A Motorcycle Saved My Life

202212 min 18 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: lori lozinski

Production: Teri Snelgrove (National Film Board of Canada)Shirley Vercruysse (National Film Board of Canada)

Script: lori lozinski

A National Film Board of Canada production.

In A Motorcycle Saved My Life, the open road presents a point of departure for director lori lozinski to process deep-seated grief. Revisiting the formative experiences that drove her ambition, lozinski examines the influence of her parents in the present light of day. It is in unpacking these recollections at full throttle that the ordering of memory becomes justified. Her motorcycle’s intractable hum disrupts the solitude of Northern Alberta’s vast farmland–a place where childhood was rife with paternal expectations. Connecting to her mother’s youthful spirit, an opportunity emerges to see herself anew. A delicate and personal ode to the complexities of how we sit with our history after loved ones have passed.

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Subject categories


  • Sports and Leisure > Cycling and MotorcyclingHorse Racing and Horsemanship
  • Families > Parent-Child Relationships
  • Women > Working Life

Credits


writer
lori lozinski
director
lori lozinski
producer
Teri Snelgrove
line production
Jennifer Roworth
director of photography
Diana Parry
editor
Jocelyne Chaput
music
Genevieve Vincent
sound design
Eva Madden
sound recordist
Shreela Chakrabartty
1st assistant camera
Chris Vautour
participation
Debra Lozinski
Stacey Lozinski
Sherill Verboom
Tammy Verboom
Wendy Verboom
cast
Brandy Auseth
Brielle Gauthier
Glory
drone operator
Blake Sovdi
grip
Martin Calvo
carpenter
Paul Kumpula
location manager
Paul Kumpula
senior production coordinator
Nicolas Ayerbe Barona
Nathan Conchie
production assistant
Chenoa Kaufman
colourist
Anne Boyle
re-recording mixer
May Guimaraes
field recordist
Richard Maddock
technical coordinator
Wes Machnikowski
marketing manager
Kay Rondonneau
publicist
Katja De Bock
studio administrator
Carla Jones
executive producer
Shirley Vercruysse