Carts of Darkness

200859 min 27 secFilm: Documentary

14A

Direction: Murray Siple

Production: Tracey FriesenRina Fraticelli

Script: Murray Siple

In the picture-postcard community of North Vancouver, local bottle pickers haved turned the act of binning into a thriving subculture of shopping cart racing. Murray Siple, a former snowboarder and sport film director injured in a serious car accident ten years ago, returns to filmmaking to capture their story in the documentary Carts of Darkness. Shot in stunning high-definition and featuring tracks from Black Mountain, Ladyhawk, Vetiver, Bison, and Alan Boyd, of Little Sparta, Carts of Darkness borrows the cinematic language of extreme sports films to capture the risk and intensity of life lived on the very edge.

Subject categories


  • Sports and Leisure > Games and Sports
  • Social Issues > Individual in SocietySocial Problems
  • Media Education > Documentary Film
  • Health/Personal Development > Mental Health/Stress/SuicideSubstance Use and Abuse/Addiction
  • Social Studies > Social Policies and Programs

Credits


writer
Murray Siple
director
Murray Siple
producer
Tracey Friesen
editor
Michael Brockington
director of photography
Christian Bégin
1st unit cinematographer
Kevin Shepit
2nd unit cinematographer
Mike Mckinlay
director consultant
Christian Bégin
Nathaniel Geary
sound recordist
Paul Vance
sound supervisor
Jamie Mahaffey
additional camera operator
Michael Prangnell
additional editing
Jeremy Petit
production assistant
Peter Blue
Byron Brisco
Shin Campos
Samuel McKinlay
Shan Powell
Jana Wiltsey
production intern
Damian Kuehn
motion graphics
Mike Bishop
graphic artist
Elisa Chee
researcher
Paula Sawadsky
stills photography
Scott Pommier
Murray Siple
transcription
Pamela Pellegrini
creative consultant
Nettie Wild
dialogue editor
Susan Mahaffey
re-recording mixer
Jamie Mahaffey
mix facility
The Mix Room
digital film central colorist
Andrea Chlebak
infographics
Digital Film Central
colour correction
Digital Film Central
production coordinator
Jennifer Roworth
technical coordinator
Wes Machnikowski
production supervisor
Kathryn Lynch
marketing manager
Kay Leung
program administrator
Bruce Hagerman
executive producer
Rina Fraticelli

Awards


  • Best Documentary - over 30 minutesPicture This Film Festival
  • Leo Award for Best Documentary Program- Category: Nature/ Environment/ Adventure/ Science/ TechnologyLeo Awards