Made by Hand /
The Bike Maker
How bike maker Ezra Caldwell survives when cancer threatens to shatter his love of bikes.
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New York City
Made by Hand is a short film series celebrating the people who make things by hand—sustainably, locally, and with a love for their craft.
The fifth film turns to bike maker Ezra Caldwell of Fast Boy Cycles, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. Told by his oncologist that he couldn’t ride bikes anymore, Caldwell turned to documenting his illness as thoroughly as his craft. “There’s nothing like a crisis to get you to focus, think clearly, and be able to present what you know in that moment,” he says in the film. Caldwell passed away in 2014, six years after his diagnosis.
Team
Production Bureau of Common Goods
Director Keith Ehrlich
Director of Photography Adam McDaid
Editor Matt Shapiro at Crew Cuts
Composer Nathan Rosenberg