The black-and-white montage “Sour Death Balls” by Jessica Yu has been a favorite of Zak’s since he first encountered it in Wholphin eight years ago. A short documentary filmed in 1992, its content is timeless: the dramatic, painful, and hilarious crescendo of eating an extremely sour candy. (We’ve all been there.)

Candid in her approach, Yu presents each subject in black-and-white close-up, cataloguing a journey through the agony of, and eventual relief from, the sour death ball. Watch these fine faces and a few of their fellows survive the sour in the full length video.

The black-and-white montage “Sour Death Balls” by Jessica Yu has been a favorite of Zak’s since he first encountered it in Wholphin eight years ago. A short documentary filmed in 1992, its content is timeless: the dramatic, painful, and hilarious crescendo of eating an extremely sour candy. (We’ve all been there.)

Candid in her approach, Yu presents each subject in black-and-white close-up, cataloguing a journey through the agony of, and eventual relief from, the sour death ball. Watch these fine faces and a few of their fellows survive the sour in the full length video.