Britt Hertz watches fearless contortionists perform terrifying stunts in a competition to decide who is truly the bravest.

Britt Hertz explores the dangerous world of banned flexibility skills as elite contortionists attempt extreme body-bending stunts.

It was 2016, I was 17, and I was searching for a new discipline to add to my circus skills. Training to be a circus performer, I could already do lots of acrobatics and contortionist stunts, but what ...