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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