Shooting a documentary in a sewer

by Mary Lucia, Minnesota Public Radio,
Nikki Tundel, Minnesota Public Radio

From an abandoned mental institution in Scotland to the sewer system of St. Paul, filmmaker Melody Gilbert explores the hobby of urban exploration.

St. Paul, Minn. — The Current's Mary Lucia talks to Twin Cities filmmaker Melody Gilbert about her documentary "Urban Explorers: Into the Darkness."

The film follows a number of urban explorers, people who are drawn to the unseen or off-limits parts of human civilization.

Gilbert spent three years following urban explorers around the globe, from the catacombs in Paris to secret government sites in the United States.