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South Africa's Risk-Loving Train Surfers

A stunning short film finds out why young men in the city of Kathlehong jump on moving rail cars despite the obvious, and potentially fatal, danger.
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Filmmaker Marco Casino traveled to Kathlehong to explore the South African city two decades after Apartheid. In his short film Staff Riding, (local slang for "train surfing") he interviews two young men who let off steam by jumping on moving trains.