Company: Sinamatella Productions
 
Country: SOUTH AFRICA
 
Section: DOCUMENTARY INDIVIDUAL SPORT
 
Discipline: Cycling
 
Year: 2013
 
Director: James Walsh
 
Editiong: Katherine Millar
 
Photography: Dale Hunt, James Walsh
 
Producer: James Walsh
 
Time: 26 min
 
Projection: Thursday 5 December – 3:00 pm – Sala Donzelli

 

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Synopsis

 

 

From the small town of Iten, 2 300m above the Rift Valley in Kenya, to the raw energy of Kigali, Rwanda, a story about the potential of African cycling and it’s ability to restore faith to this most beautiful, difficult and enigmatic of sports. Can Africa be the next cycling powerhouse? What challenges stand in the way? Who are the characters? Baisikeli follows the Kenyan National Cycling team as they hope to emulate the success of their running brothers and make a career in the sport