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The Wall of Death

Benedict Campbell · UK · Documentary / Sports · 14 min · ♥︎ 2.7K

Directed by Benedict Campbell · Starring Kerri Cameron, Julie Fox, Ken Fox · 2011

In stark black and white, a family of daredevil motorcyclists keeps the vertigo-inducing Wall of Death alive, riding around the sheer sides of a wooden drum as generations of showmen did before them.

Gorgeous black-and-white photography captures the thrill and fragility of a fading daredevil tradition.

A daredevil family keeps a visceral form of entertainment alive in this beautiful black and white documentary.

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