Hacker Cinema
Carts of Darkness
2008 · Film · documentary · 60 min
Directed by Murray Siple
In the picture-postcard community of North Vancouver, filmmaker Murray Siple follows men who have turned bottle-picking, their primary source of income, into the extreme sport of shopping cart racing. Enduring hardships from everyday life on the streets of Vancouver, this sub-culture depicts street life as much more than stereotypes portrayed in mainstream media. The films 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.
9 positive1 neutralfrom 10 commenters
Where to watch
No streaming data for this title.
Videos commenters linked
From YouTube links in the comments below. Most are clips and trailers; “Full” means the uploader says so.
10 comments on Hacker News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.
* The Parking Lot movie
* Carts of Darkness
* Alone In the Wilderness
Three documentaries (broadly) about interesting-but-regular people who don’t fit into society’s mold.
Honorable mention: Tickled
Carts of Darkness is an absolute GEM and I highly recommend people watch it.
Amazing documentary about homeless people in Vancouver who collect cans in shopping carts and race them down hills:
https://www.nfb.ca/film/carts_of_darkness/
My favourite https://www.nfb.ca/film/carts_of_darkness/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zi-f_J6hV-g
Carts Of Darkness is a fantastic film sponsored by these guys.
https://www.nfb.ca/film/carts_of_darkness/
I love documentaries, and these are my favourites. All very worth a watch.
- The Crash Reel
- McConkey
- Buck
- Apollo 11
- Carts of Darkness
- The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
- Samsara
- Baraka
- Brooklyn Castle
- Spellbound
- Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
- Crumb
- The Jinx
- The Art of Flight
- King of Kong
- Indie Game: The Movie
- Capturing the Friedmans
- OJ: Made in America
- The Barkley Marathons
- The Seven Five
- Murderball
- Unbranded
- Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
- Big River Man
- Hoop Dreams
- Word Wars
- Free Solo
- Long Shot
- Meru
- Being Elmo
- All This Mayhem
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi
- The Cove
- Project Nim
- Alone in the Wilderness
- Behind the Curve
- The Dawn Wall
- Grizzly Man
- 13th
- Winnebago Man
- Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler
- Get Me Roger Stone
- Icarus
- 13th
- Koyaanisqatsi
- The Thin Blue Line
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Oklahoma City
- Virunga
- The Staircase
- Evil Genius
- Undefeated
- Betting on zero
There's a documentary on the lives and times of can collectors who daringly ride hills on shopping carts Carts of Darkness (2008): https://youtube.com/watch?v=zi-f_J6hV-g&feature=emb_title
If you like this story I definitely recommend watching Carts of Darkness: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/carts-of-darkness/
It's about the homeless in Vancouver, who not only collect cans for money, but then ride their shopping carts down mountain roads to get to the recycling centers. It tells a story about homelessness in a very intriguing way and the action scenes are pretty intense.