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Commissioned diagram of the Great Apes Film Initiative's bolt-any-bike dynamo kit used for conservation screenings around Kisoro
Great Apes Film Initiative (GAFI) — Any bike bolted to a frame → dynamo → DVD player and projector; Kisoro, Uganda, 2011–20141 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus

Great Apes Film Initiative (GAFI)

Uganda, Kisoro · Aid or conservation deployment

Uncertain last verified 2026-09 Documented 2011–2014 around Kisoro, Uganda; no evidence of activity after 2014 was found.
Topology not documented
1 bicycle at a time (any bike bolted to a dedicated frame)Documented
  • Split from an aggregated directory row
  • Single source, medium confidence

No website linked — No working site for the pedal-cinema programme was located in the research corpus; the record rests on field-blog coverage from 2011–2014.

The Great Apes Film Initiative ran a pedal-power cinema for gorilla-conservation screenings around Kisoro, Uganda, documented 2011–2014. Any bicycle, adult-sized or a child's, could be bolted to its frame to drive a dynamo wired to a DVD player and projector.

Key facts

  • Purpose

    Gorilla-conservation screenings1

    Documented

  • Location

    Kisoro and Rubuguri, south-western Uganda1

    Documented

  • Mechanism

    Any bike bolted to a frame, dynamo wired to a DVD player/projector1

    Documented

  • Documented period

    2011–2014; no later activity found1

    Documented

“Any pedal bike (adult or child's) can be bolted to a special frame, then pedalled while stationary to power a dynamo connected to a DVD player/projector set-up.”

Field-blog account of GAFI's pedal power cinema, Kisoro, Uganda1

GAFI, a UK-based conservation organization, screened around Kisoro and Rubuguri in south-western Uganda, and field-blog accounts from 2011 to 2014 associate the programme with field worker Denis Agaba. Those accounts are the entire record: they describe the bring-your-own-bike frame but disclose no wattage, buffer or generator type, and no evidence of activity after 2014 was found.

Specifications

What do these labels mean?

FieldValueConfidenceSources
Power architectureAny bike bolted to a dedicated frame, dynamo wired to a DVD player/projectorDocumented1
Bike typeAny adult or child's bicycleDocumented1
Output / buffernot disclosedNot disclosed1
Documented period2011–2014No evidence of activity after 2014 was found.Documented1
Map of south-western Uganda marking Kisoro and Rubuguri
Kisoro and Rubuguri, Uganda1 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus
Typographic panel stating that no activity after 2014 was found for GAFI
No post-2014 evidence found1 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus
  • Two British Embassy officials pedalling stationary bicycle generators to power a film screening in Vientiane, Laos, in December 2013

    British Embassy Vientiane — Pedal Cinema Unit

    Historical last verified 2026-09

    Split from the same aggregated directory row; another aid- and conservation-oriented pedal-cinema deployment

  • Night open-air screening powered by a row of cyclists on LED-lit bikes

    Electric Pedals

    Active last verified 2026-09

    Electric Pedals' own backpack kits serve wildlife conservation NGOs across six African countries, the same aid-delivery niche GAFI worked independently in Uganda

Sources

  1. [1]GAFI pedal power cinema, Uganda (field blogs 2011–2014)jeaniedavison.com

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