The road is brutal—long stretches of icy highways, cheap motels, and the ever-present risk of being turned away at the next stop. But for this ragtag group of pro wrestlers, the journey is worth it. Traveling deep into Canada’s most isolated Indigenous communities, they throw themselves into the ring night after night, delivering bone-crunching blows and high-flying stunts in makeshift arenas—often school gymnasiums packed with screaming kids. The fights are sweaty, chaotic, and theatrical, but for the wrestlers, they mean something more.

Among them is a veterinarian-turned-fighter, a grieving mother, and lifelong misfits drawn to a cause bigger than themselves. As they take their hits in and out of the ring, they also bear witness—to the weight of loss, to the resilience of those left behind, and to the silent epidemic that lingers in the spaces between matches.

Shot in stark, lingering frames and pulsing with the raw energy of its subjects, Death Tour is as much about the pain these wrestlers endure as it is about the joy they bring to communities battling an unspoken tragedy.

- Charlotte Geissler