BumFights Videos

Bumfights is an independent video series originally created by Indecline Films in ("bums") fighting and attempting amateur stunts in exchange for money, alcohol, and other incentives. Homeless people were actually hurt in the making of these videos (most notably, Rufus Hannah, who later filed charges), and had no stunt doubles. The first video in this series was called 'Bumfights: Cause for Concern' The film was produced by Ryan McPherson, Zachary Bubeck, Daniel J. Tanner, and Michael Slyman, and has been distributed mainly over the Internet. In 2003, Indecline sold the rights to another company, who in turn credited the pseudonyms "Shannon Muston" and "Taylor White" as the creators.

The US-based National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has stated that Bumfight videos disseminate hate against the homeless and dehumanize them.

In April 2006, the four filmmakers agreed to pay three men depicted in the videos and not to produce any more "Bumfights" videos or distribute videos already made, under a settlement announced as a lawsuit was to go to trial.[1]

Bumfights 4: Return Of Ruckus went on sale August 1st, 2006. This installment in the series has a short running time and extremely little "bum" footage, instead relying on clips of suburban kids fighting and jumping off of things to fill time (much more so than previous installments).

Source: Wikipedia