Beasts of Burden
Beasts of Burden by Wella Lasola & Seth Weinstein, University of California-Berkeley
Video, 28 minutes Third Prize Documentary
A look at the bohemian lifestyle and breakneck speed of the “the servants of stress” and
the “angels of uptightness”: San Francisco’s bicycle messengers. Wella Lasola migrated to
the U.S. in 1989 from Manila where she had been working as a TV reporter. She also
holds a film degree from the University of the Philippines. Seth Weinstein grew up in San
Francisco and Berkeley, and is currently working on a feature documentary project in
New Orleans, and producing for public television.