Carts of Darkness

This film begins as a study of a group of homeless men in Vancouver, B.C., who race shopping carts down enormous hills. These men find themselves on the edge of society and numb their pain with alcohol or, thrillingly, with these perilous descents in purloined shopping carts. As the story proceeds, filmmaker Murray Siple gradually shares that he once craved his own adrenaline rush. He lets these dual narratives unfold in a way that manages to be both raw and thoughtful, coarse and kind. —DH