On Three Wheels is a documentary feature that portrays the ups and downs of families raising children with disabilities through the eyes of Sandra and the work she does with her Brooklyn-based non-profit, committed to providing them with pro-bono adaptive tricycles that equip them for the ride of their lives.
SYNOPSIS
On Three Wheels captures the ups and downs of parents raising children with disabilities through the eyes of Sandra, a bike mechanic who closed down her repair shop to devote herself to a non-profit she founded committed to improving the lives of children with physical disabilities by building and gifting them adapted bicycles, moving them from wheelchair (four wheels) to tricycle (three wheels).
By way of inclusion in a treasured childhood activity that is typically unavailable to immobile children, the film demonstrates that when children with disabilities are given opportunities to access the generally inaccessible, they can not only improve their physical condition but also reach emotional milestones by experiencing the same freedoms, independence and ‘normalcy’ they perceive in the atypical children all around them. And for the many parents who have to spend hours upon hours navigating an inadequate health care and educational system, having a reason and the ability to be outdoors with their child is a welcome reprieve. As parents share with Sandra the daily struggles they experience from having to sue local school boards every year to unexpectedly losing an essential therapy, the film will show how the current systems are in dire need of improvements.
The film gives first hand access to a community that lacks access to much of the world to illustrate how inclusion can give all people with disabilities an equitable quality of life.
ABOUT FILMMAKER(S)
Director Cionin Lorenzo
Cionín is a two-time Imagen Award winning Latina filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York, and recently was the Showrunner on two Peacock/T+ unscripted series. She started her career at MTV Networks where for over 15 years she worked with numerous celebrities on programming for MTV News & Docs, MTV International, MTV Latin America and MTV tr3s, including as Director of two short documentaries on Shakira, and Director of MTV Cribs for 5 years. Later, as Supervising Producer, she oversaw a team of 40+ on the spin-off Teen Cribs, running the production of 70 episodes that were produced within three years. Afterwards, she worked as the Senior Production Coordinator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she was the liaison for TV productions, filmmakers, still photographers and artists who filmed at the museum such as illustrator and author Maira Kalman, fashion designer Zac Posen, film director Peter Bogdanovich and photographer Mary McCartney. Recently, she was the story producer of the 2022 Imagen Award winning short film Lights, Camera Acción for American Masters (PBS) and the 2019 Imagen Award winning PBS Great Performances documentary John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway. She is currently directing two feature documentary films while developing and consulting on content that touches upon climate change, disabilities, and the arts.
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