<p><b>The inspirational story of one man's journey from homeless victim to award-winning advocate, and the ordinary man who helped him recover</b></p> <p>Rufus Hannah is known to millions around the world, unfortunately, as "Rufus the Stunt Bum" because of his participation in the infamous <i>Bumfights </i>video series. But his story didn't begin or end there.</p> <p><i>A Bum Deal </i>shares his inspirational story, his childhood in rural Georgia, his homelessness, his "film star" status during the shooting of the infamous <i>Bumfights </i>videos and the unspeakable violence against the homeless depicted in them-leading to a worldwide epidemic of homeless abuse. And it follows Rufus through his recovery and rebirth, with the help of Barry Soper, an ordinary man who decided not to look away, but to help Rufus find his way to a new life as an awarded advocate against the very violence he first fell victim to.</p>