Afghan Cycles

A project in Seattle, WA by Sarah Menzies
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Afghan Cycles is a film about 12 brave women taking the risk to ride on the Women's National Cycling Team of Afghanistan
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Backers: 208
Average Pledge Per Backer: $64

Funded: $13,395 of $10,000
Dates: Mar 13th -> Apr 12th (30 days)
Project By: Sarah Menzies
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April 30th - via: realscreen.com
When Sarah Menzies dropped into Afghanistan to make what she thought would be a short film about the Women (Read More)

The Final Hours

April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We're in the final 8 hours of the Kickstarter! Any final posts you can blast out to your community would help this project so much. Tweets, facebook, emails, paper airplane notes to a co-worker, anything. We are excited to finish this fundraiser... (Read More)

We Did It! But we're not finished yet...

April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Because of all of you, we have hit our goal with 10 days to spare. THANK YOU! Prepping for a production like this one has proven to be a much more difficult task than any other project I've been a part of. Between security and planning the logistics... (Read More)

NBC Nightly News' Coverage of Afghan Cycles

March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
We are incredibly honored to share NBC Nightly News' coverage of Shannon Galpin, Producer of Afghan Cycles, and her on-going humanitarian efforts with each of you.  This clip comes from NBC Nightly News' segment known as (please click highlighted... (Read More)

The Bicycle, and What it Means for Women Worldwide

March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
We have been blown away by the support we’ve been getting for Afghan Cycles the last few weeks. But a consistent question keeps surfacing - why biking? In a war-torn country, it’s a valid question. We’ve been asked why we’re not trying to... (Read More)

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