Film

Wrestling with the North

2004 · 47m · Documentary

The pain, glory and determination of the "toughest wrestling tour on Earth"

IMDb

7.5

Every year for the past 26 years, a courageous team of semi-professional wrestlers goes on what has been called the toughest wrestling tour on Earth. Rookies with stars in their eyes join tough-as-nails veterans like Chi-Chi Cruz, Leatherface, Eric the Lumberjack, and Crash Crimson to pack into a van and head for the far northern reaches of Manitoba. Only accessible in winter by frozen lake roads, these remote First Nations communities get a rare show of live wrestling entertainment, complete with stunners and body slams. Wrestling with the North captures all the pain, glory and determination of these die-hard wrestlers and through the wrestlers' eyes we glimpse northern aboriginal communities holding fast to their traditions while embracing a pop-culture circus with zeal.

• Andrew LeeDirector · Writer · Producer

Release date

March 21, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

47m

Genres

Documentary

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