‘It has been medicine for me’: New documentary reveals transformative power of northern wrestling tour

Director Stephan Peterson was working on a shoot in the northern Manitoba community of Wasagamack in the winter of 2016 when, as he was hunkering down for the evening one night after work, he got word: Wrestling was in town. “I bought a ticket and took a seat right as the first match began,” the Montreal-based director said. He watched rapt as wrestling heels and heroes whipped up the exuberant crowd into a frenzy with their theatrics and athleticism in the ring. He was witnessing “the Death Tour,” and it changed his life. That night at ringside, inspiration struck and a documentary idea was born…

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