Bumfights at Your Favorite Things

See also:

• Society: Issues: Poverty: Homelessness  (80)
• Society: Issues: Violence and Abuse  (707)

• BBC News: Reality TV Tramps In 'Ultimate Degradation' - "A video on sale in the United States has been accused of plumbing the depths of bad taste to show homeless people performing dangerous stunts in return for gifts such as food and clothing".
• BumFights.com - Official site includes overview of the project, screen grabs, animations, and details of how to order. [Requires Quicktime].
• Metafilter: Bumfights.com - Discussion thread in which participants focus on the movie's social impact.
• Rotten Library: Bumfights - Photographs and article with social commentary on the film.

• CNN.com: 'Bumfights' Producer Defends His Video - "A Las Vegas filmmaker defended his fast-selling video featuring grisly footage of homeless men fighting and performing dangerous stunts". (May 13, 2002)
• Las Vegas Review Journal: Film Cashes In On Street Scenes - "It's a brutal video depiction of street life, portrayed through rapid-cut, hand-held camera images". (May 5, 2002)