Conscious Acts of Creation: The Emergence of a New Physics

Plot Summary

In Ghana, West Africa, a rural village eagerly awaits a shipment of recycled bicycles from the United States. This inspiring story begins in Boston where volunteers from Bikes Not Bombs (partnering with Village Bicycle Project) load a container with donated used bikes and parts. Through skillful packing, 450 bikes are loaded and the container is sent to Ghana. The majority of the bikes are sold in a colorful frenzy to pay for shipping costs, while the best bikes are set aside to take to the village. Ayamye* chronicles the lives of Nurse Letitia and Seth before they get the bicycles and again, one year later. These two individuals are very different from each other, the common thread being the need for transportation and the wish for positive development in their community. We experience village life with them in dry season; mining salt and tending to their farms and in the rainy season when the biggest storm known to the people of the village wipes out the road and creates hazardous conditions and a compounded transportation problem. The determined and resourceful people of the rural village let us into their daily lives in a dramatic look at how lack of transportation can impact the education, health and livelihood of their community. Ayamye* is a moving, life-affirming film that proves sustainable solutions to crisis are not always complex.