If you’ve ever ridden a shopping cart like an unwieldy scooter to get to your car in the parking lot, then you’ve tasted a small bit of the thrill that is shopping cart racing.
[fusion_title size=”4″]SHOPPING CART RACING[/fusion_title]
Murray Siple’s feature-length documentary Carts of Darkness follows a group of homeless men who have combined bottle recycling with the extreme sport of shopping cart racing.
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Shot in North Vancouver, Siple’s film captures unprotected, hair-rising rumbles down the steep hills of North Vancouver. Siple’s immersion in the subculture allows his depiction of street life to move beyond the stereotypes portrayed in traditional media.
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The film takes a deep look into the lives of the men who race carts, the adversity they face, and the appeal of cart racing despite the risk. Shot in high-definition, the documentary’s soundtrack features songs from Black Mountain, Ladyhawk, Vetiver, Bison, and Alan Boyd of Little Sparta.
[fusion_title size=”4″]WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS[/fusion_title]
For a less white-knuckled version of shopping cart racing, there is the sport’s world championships held in Northamptonshire, England. Here, one person rides inside the cart, while three teammates push them along a relatively flat track.
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