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The Roadracers
With a voiceover you would expect for a documentary about the last uncontacted Amazonian tribe, The Roadracers, shot in 1977 and released in 1979, offers a strangely voyeuristic look at three Irish road racers from Armoy: Frank Kennedy, Mervyn Robinson and Joey Dunlop. While billed as a celebration of the skill and tenacity of road racers, certain points of the film seem to paint racing as a frivo...