Director Mike McKeown Producer Julian Cautherley, Michael Lane, Mike McKeown, Pat McKinnon Cinematographer Chris Malby, Pat KcKinnon Editor Evan Finn, Julian Cautherley, Mike McKeown Music Dan Raziel Cast Douglas Walker, Graham Walker, Master Roshambollah, C. Urbanus Country Canada Language English Film Info 88min Genre Documentary

U.S. Premiere

Rock crushes scissors. Paper covers rock. Scissors cuts paper. Can purity beat commerce?

The Walker brothers wanted to turn a child’s game into a good-natured competitive sport, but when the RPS fanatics converge on the world championships, they’re caught between big business, talk show pundits, Playmate mascots, and a battle of good versus evil.

Diving headfirst into an extreme subculture that has taken a simple game to unbelievable heights, Mike McKeown’s vérité style tracks the evolution of Rock Paper Scissors (known as RPS) into a legitimate sport of skill and strategy, worthy of training and competition. Culminating with the World Championships, this intimate and hilarious look at the sport and its devotees navigates a terrain built of comical strategies, fascinating arguments, and heated competition. One thing is abundantly clear; RPS is much more than a game, it’s a lifestyle.

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