All This Mayhem (2014)

Director
Eddie Martin

Main cast
Tas Pappas; Ben Pappas

Genres
Documentary

Description
All This Mayhem is a searing account of what happens when raw talent and extreme personalities collide. In this unflinching, never-before-seen account of drugs and the dark side of professional skateboarding, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas' intense bond and charisma take them from the pinnacle of their sport into a spiraling world of self-destruction.


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