Carts of Darkness
Murray Siple
Sun Nov 9, 2 pm
59 minutes
Ed Video

Mature content, coarse language
www. murraysiple.com www.nfb.ca/film/carts_of_darkness/

Discovered in the parking lots of North Vancouver’s supermarkets, and filmed hanging off the rear of stolen shopping carts, the homeless, bottle-collecting men of Murray Siple’s documentary bomb down the steep mountain streets of North Van at 50 km/hr, screaming with glee and the competitive spirit of what has been coined the extreme sport of cart racing. Drawn by their outlaw energy, Siple follows his often drunk, thrill-seeking subjects to the margins of society. His camera captures the ups and downs of cart racing, bearing witness to lives made in the urban bush - men who maintain their freedom and subsist on the spoils of can and bottle collecting. Gorgeous and compassionate, a film rife with questions about contemporary city living.

Host: Jack Schweitzer                    

Jack Schweitzer has worked at Fresh Start Housing Centre for 15 years helping people find affordable housing and advocating for tenants.