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This documentary goes inside Venezuela’s most dangerous neighborhoods and reveals what life is like for those caught in the crossfire. Through a rare, direct conversation with the man at the center of it all, the true shape of Venezuela’s hidden war comes into focus. So who controls the Urban Guerrillas who control so much of these hotly contested country? We talk to the leader behind them all to find out. (Shot in 2019 by The Underground Documentary Group. Original Title: Tupamaro: Urban Guerrillas)

Taji Ameen explores the tradition of vaqueros, Puerto Rican cowboys, to see if he has what it takes to become one of the best to ever saddle up on the island. Will he be able to master the skill of horse-riding and the island cowboy lifestyle in time to ride with his fellow Vaqueros on their monthly Cavalcade through the Island? Find out in the latest Stories from Puerto Rico with @TajCam

VICE is taking you inside the world biggest Carnival festival in Rio Brazil, walking alongside the millions and millions who turn out every year to let celebrate and let their inhibitions fall away. So just what is the Carnival celebration all about in Rio...and just how wild can things get at one of the largest festivals in the entire world? Find out as VICE takes you inside the incredible world of Rio Carnival!

We followed along as New York’s secret subway wrestling scene attempts to pull off another show without getting caught by the MTA. The group’s leader, Tim Rivera, talks us through the history of subway wrestling, what it takes to pull off the shows, and how to avoid detection. As the subway moves through the city taking commuters to work and school, Subwaymania is happening one car over. Choke slams, punches, and people being thrown through tables. You never know what you can see on a New York Commute.

Polly and Sophie are My Bad Sister, the UK rave scene’s most infamous twin sisters. When a new chapter of sobriety threatens the hedonism of their music and relationship, Joe Magowan’s intimate documentary finds out if their sisterly bond can survive getting clean.

At the height of the fentanyl overdose crisis, drug users in Vancouver started taking it upon themselves to try to save lives. Colin Askey’s intimate documentary follows volunteers at the city’s Overdose Prevention Society, where a group of misfits, artists, and drug users operates a renegade safe-injection site. Executive-produced by Oscar-winning director Sean Baker (Anora, The Florida Project), Love in the Time of Fentanyl reaches beyond the stigma of drug use, revealing the courage and compassion of those trying to keep their community alive. (Love in the Time of Fentanyl is a 2022 documentary film by Colin Askey)

VICE explores the unusual practices and strange worship of Saint Death, the girm reaper like figure of central and south America known as San La Muerte. So what leads people to the worship of this avatar of death...what mircales is San La Muerte supposed to have performed...and what is required to pay your respects to death incarnate? We'll take you inside the worship of Saint Death to find out.

VICE and Timberland met three craftspeople across a variety of disciplines, each with traditions they either embrace or make entirely their own: a trained bladesmith, a self-made woodworker and a family-inspired chef, all with big shoes to fill.

In 1980s South Africa during Apartheid, racist “influx control” laws made it almost impossible for black taxi drivers to earn a living. They upgraded their sedans to minibuses and worked illegally, providing vital transport for their communities. The end of Apartheid created a new problem, as the underground taxi network was replaced by a cutthroat system where corruption thrived and competition over routes turned brutally violent. Intimidation and targeted killings became commonplace.

Director and Writer Dominic Streeter brings you a stunning new look at the Fentanyl crisis that is ruining lives and leaving bodies in one of Canada's biggest and wealthiest cities. So just how bad has this street drug crisis gotten in Vancouver...and can anything be done to turn the tides, or is this new drug just going to keep claiming lives and shattering families up north? We're going inside the epidemic to see just how bad things have truly gotten, and how much hope their is for recovery, as we walk the streets of Vancouver to see if the war against this brutal new street drug can actually be won. (Shot in 2020. Original Title: Ten Dollar Death Trip)

Taji heads into the shadows of Puerto Rico with a private detective hunting a suspected romance scammer accused of catfishing a victim and stealing thousands of dollars. What starts as a search for answers quickly turns into a tense stakeout, as Taji gets pulled into the strange, risky world of surveillance, deception, and a fraudster who doesn’t want to be found.

For the premiere episode of Locals, VICE’s Ben McQueen—creator of our acclaimed series Let It Kill You—heads to Copenhagen with skateboarding legend Rune Glifberg, aka “The Danish Destroyer.” From vert skating and local food to Danish architecture, galleries, and museums, Rune takes us through the city that shaped him. This is Copenhagen through the eyes of one of skateboarding’s most iconic figures.

What happens when your biggest local artists are rapping about a cocaine trade that, for some, goes well beyond the lyrics? We travel to the French Caribbean to explore the intersection of hip hop, trafficking and the long shadow of colonialism.

What happens when your biggest local artists are rapping about a cocaine trade that, for some, goes well beyond the lyrics? We travel to the French Caribbean to explore the intersection of hip hop, trafficking and the long shadow of colonialism as we explore it all in part 2 of our Caribbean Narco Rappers Documentary.

In the second episode of Locals, Ben McQueen heads to Southern California with Lizzie Armanto to explore the places that shaped her life on and off the board. From North County San Diego to Los Angeles, Lizzie shares some of her favorite food spots, neighborhoods, art, and skate spots. From her backyard vert ramp to the spiciest sandwich at Tony Hawk's Chick & Hawk, Locals is less about where to skate and more about the people, places, and culture that make Southern California feel like home. It's a chance to see Southern California through the eyes of one of skateboarding's most influential and respected voices.

VICE explores the rise of the Gooning subculture: Over the last 18 months, the internet has hurled a new type of subculture into the world, one based around onanism, self-pleasure—whatever you want to call it—and the people who are doing it for hours and hours on end in pursuit of a near-mythical zen-like state of bliss. These are the gooners, and they have been getting louder and prouder as media attention in their porn-obsessed pursuits has boomed. But is gooning really a bona fide subculture, with its own slang, lore, and social codes? Or is it just an internet joke that got out of hand? Making her VICE debut, host Noelle Perdue heads to AVN—the world’s largest porn expo—for the first time since gooning exploded into the mainstream, to meet gooners, to listen to their fantasies and anxieties, and to try to get to the bottom of what gooning really is.

Underground “no rules” fight clubs are spreading rapidly across Europe. They’re organised in secret, away from the eyes of the authorities. Locations are kept hidden and you can’t buy tickets to spectate. Understand that no rules is not bare-knuckle boxing. It’s a lot more extreme. Fighters are allowed to gouge eyes and bite off ears. Stamping, head-butting, choking—it’s all allowed. This is not sport, it’s organised ultraviolence. ‪@AwayDaysTV‬ journalist ‪@Jake_Hanrahan‬ attended Urban Gladiators, one of the first no rules fight clubs in the UK. There we found out why young men are risking it all on the concrete of the no rules underground.

After Nutella was spotted aboard Artemis II, we had questions. So we sat down with Dr. Maggie Aderin to find out what life in space is really like. From microgravity to space food, Dr. Maggie answers 10 questions you've always wanted to ask a space expert.

VICE takes you inside the life of Johnny Dang, and how he went from a young Vietnamese jeweler trying to make it in America to the man responsible for icing out some of the biggest names in sports, music and film. So how did Johnny Dang become the new king of bling...and just how insane has his life become since then? Find out as VICE takes you inside the House of Dang