A look at the careers of Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi who invented the mondo genre with MONDO CANE in 1962. It follows their career until their split in following the making of GOODBYE UNCLE TOM in 1971.
A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.
The documentary's main focus is on the works and some controversial episodes from personal life of Gualtiero Jacopetti, one of the originators of mondo films, also called "shockumentaries".
A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.
A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering different types of wild animals.
Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.
A tour in colour and 'scope of cabarets and night-spots around the world.