Blood Rider

Nigeria • 2020 • 17m

Story

When Lagos has too much traffic and too little blood, a motorcycle courier must risk his life to make life-saving deliveries to hospitals in time.

Why watch?

• Winner: Webby Award (Branded Documentary)
• Short of the Week & Vimeo Staff Pick
• Nominee: World Press Photo Awards (Online Video of the Year)
• Featured on The New Yorker

“An absolute ride of a film….
A riveting watch that will have you on the edge of your seat.”
Short of the Week

Did you know?

To avoid slowing down crucial blood deliveries, director Jon Kasbe and cinematographer David Bolen risked their own lives to capture the footage of Joseph weaving his motorbike through traffic to the hospital. "We filmed the blood riders as we rode backwards on separate motorcycles, squeezing our legs together to hold onto the motorbike, which gave us the most freedom to operate the camera handheld," Kasbe told Short of the Week.