For nearly 20 years, the self-organized Motorrodillo Associacion has provided people in Colombia with an affordable means of local transportation. They are cobbled-together platforms with seats for passengers, space for luggage, combined with a motorcycle that maneuvers the vehicle along a rickety disused rail track through jungle, over rivers and through towns. Although everything seems improvised, the transport of people and loads works wonderfully. But the state wants to interfere, and all drivers are required to prove that they have a driver’s license and health insurance. So far, everything has always gone smoothly, but what comes next is uncertain.
Alba Jaramillo lives between Colombia, New York and Paris. She studied media arts at the State University of New York, Buffalo. She currently works as an editor for BBC Reel and as a producer for CNN’s Great Big Story. Her work combines video, audio compositions, and site-specific media to explore notions of transgression of private and public space. Films: PROJECT FOR A COLLECTION (2013, 10 min); REMATE ESPECIAL (2015, 3 min).
Director: Alba Jaramillo
Cinematographer: David Horacio Montoya
Editor: Francine Lemaître
Sound: Andres Acevedo, Manuel Vidal
Production: The Kingdom
