Die Scooterfahrer (1988)
• January 1st, 1988 • 0h 17min
Documentary
Overview
In the north of the Philippines lies the area of Banaue, known for its rice cultivation. Roger lives here in a small village. Roger is thirteen and has five brothers and sisters. As the oldest, he is responsible for the daily firewood. To get this, Roger sets off into the mountains every other day. At seven in the morning, they start. A truck takes Roger and his four friends out into the steep, forested slopes above the rice terraces. With them on the back of the truck are the 'scooters', homemade wooden scooters with which the firewood is driven down to the valley. Once they reach the top, they cut down smaller logs, chop them up and pack their scooters full of them. After this strenuous work, the great fun begins. On bumpy paths and at breakneck speed, they make their way back to the village. Races and tricks are part of the fun, of course.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Eurotrauma: Skinny Puppy Live in Europe 1986
Released on: 2005-09-27
Music, Documentary
A hand-filmed 32-minute documentary of the Skinny Puppy's 1988 'Head Trauma' tour of Europe by Dwayn...
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
Released on: 1895-03-22
History, Documentary
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on ...
JENNY@7-11
Released on: 2011-03-21
Documentary
In a convenience store, the door of the storage room is a two-way mirror, reflecting a romantic stor...
Canada the Land
Released on: 1969-01-01
Documentary
Filmed for the most part from a low-flying aircraft, this documentary short presents a breathtaking ...
Lockedout
Released on: 2020-04-30
Documentary
A short documentary about a homeless couple who face the ban on being on the street during 2020 quar...
Around the End of the World
Released on: 1930-12-31
Documentary
A short silent documentary on the making of the 1931 Abel Gance directed film, "La Fin du Monde".
Film for Blind Poet
Released on: 2012-04-06
Documentary
Glauco Mattoso, a blind sadomasochistic poet, agrees to participate in a documentary about his own l...
We Can't Breathe
Released on: 2021-04-08
Documentary
After the killing of George Floyd, a queer black woman in Los Angeles is determined to capture the s...
Our Marriages
Released on: 2013-10-16
Drama, Family, Documentary
Documentary about four Chinese lesbian women who seek contract marriages with gay men, and form of t...
Hitlers Überfall auf Europa
Released on: 1961-01-01
Documentary
Using animated maps and real footage, the film shows how Hitler systematically invaded and occupied ...
Body by Garret
Released on: 1982-05-30
Documentary
This short documentary tells the story of Garret Walsh, a twelve-year-old Canadian body-builder.
Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema
Released on: 2010-10-09
Documentary
Documentary about the history of Philippine cinema.
Paleo Impulse
Released on: 2018-07-13
Documentary
Paleo is a video clip shoot at the famous homonymous music festival in the French canton of Vaud in ...
Fire in Paradise
Released on: 2019-09-01
Documentary
In this documentary, survivors recall the catastrophic 2018 Camp Fire, which razed the town of Parad...
Fire in the Sky
Released on: 2022-09-02
Documentary
In the Purépecha community of Paracho, the Torres family meets from time to time to build huge flyi...
Tribu
Released on: 2022-09-01
Documentary
Ruben and Gio have been recently adopted by Evelyn and Memo. The four of them try to create a home w...
Running Fields IV
Released on: 2024-12-13
Documentary
Twenty-four images of a camera running in the woods, a moonlight and a cemetery through improvised g...