Carts of Darkness
7.4 /10 1 Votes
73% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Documentary Screenplay Murray Siple Country Canada | 7.6/10 IMDb Director Murray Siple Running time 1 hour Writer Murray Siple | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 2008 Initial DVD release September 1, 2008 (Canada) Nominations Gemini Award for Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series Similar movies Redemption (2012), SPIT: Squeegee Punks in Traffic (2001), Kicking It (2008), Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (2012), Shameless: The Art of Disability (2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carts of darkness
Carts of Darkness is a 2008 National Film Board of Canada documentary film by Murray Siple about a group of homeless men in the city of North Vancouver, who use shopping carts to collect bottles and cans to return for money and also race down the city's steep slope for thrills.
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The subjects in the film control the carts using only their weight and one foot, during descents that cross intersections, with top speeds claimed to be as high as 70 km/h.
Siple, a former director of extreme sports videos and an avid skateboarder and snowboarder, became a quadriplegic after a car accident in 1996. His first film after his accident, Carts of Darkness allowed the filmmaker to regain the excitement he had experienced with extreme sports and to relate to a fellow group of outsiders.
Carts of darkness
Reception
Carts of Darkness was shown at public screenings in Vancouver and Victoria, with the film's subjects in attendance. It was also selected for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. The film received the Leo Award for Best Documentary Program in the Nature/ Environment/Adventure/Science/Technology category as well as the award for best documentary over 30 minutes at the Picture This Film Festival in Calgary.
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