TATTOOED TRUCKS OF NEPAL - Horn Please

Tattooed Trucks of Nepal – Horn Please is an upbeat documentary that celebrates Nepalis and their culture through a vibrant new art form: the paintings on their freight trucks. Set in the context of Nepal's artistic legacy, the film introduces the talents of self-taught painters who work by the commission to share what is important to the trucker. Their subject matter provides a window into Nepali culture and includes truck protection, displays of spirituality, love of family, sports, and new and old traditions. Representations of Lord Ganesh, European soccer heroes Bob Marley and a salute to Avril Lavigne are displayed on these moving 'canvases' as they travel Nepal's dangerous mountain roads. The film is created and narrated by Returned American Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Ranson, who worked as a teacher in Nepal for two years.

There are many documentary films about Nepal – highlighting spectacular trekking trails, Mt. Everest, and well-known tourist sites. "Tattooed Trucks of Nepal – Horn Please" is a first look at Nepal's flourishing truck art industry with expressions of faith, sports mania, and an interest in bringing large expressions of color and design to the Nepali road system. The Nepalis filmmakers who worked with me were unemployed after the 2015 earthquake. I brought them back together after our successful "PRAYER FLAGS OF NEPAL" film to give us a positive and creative experience in highlighting a little-known area of Nepal art.