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Mondo films are a subgenre of exploitive documentary films. Many mondo films are made in a way to resemble a pseudo-documentary and usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, or situations.
A collection of 52 titles of exploitation documentary films that depict sensational topics, scenes or situations. The list includes classics such as Mondo Cane, Africa Addio, and Banned from Television, as well as lesser-known examples of the genre.
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- Mondo Cane (1962) In the Italian-made documentary Mondo Cane, the narrator emphasizes the need to show the world as it actually is. However, the manipulation employed by the filmmakers reveals the movie’s true intent to shock by emphasizing the “barbarism” of other cultures.
- Women of the World (1963) After the success of Mondo Cane, filmmakers Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, and Franco Prosperi quickly returned with another documentary.
- Africa Addio (1966) Africa Addio (also released as Africa: Blood and Guts) is a brutal documentary about the effects of the end of colonial rule in Africa.
- Mondo Bizarro (1966) Mondo Bizarro, one of the first American documentaries/pseudo-documentaries made in the “mondo” style, makes its intentions known right away.
A public list of 83 documentaries that are banned, depraved, violent, bizarre, shocking and controversial. The list includes titles, ratings, summaries, directors and stars of the films, such as Mondo Cane, Traces of Death and Shocking Asia.
Dec 14, 2019 · Women of the World (original title La donna nel mondo) is a 1963 Italian mondo film, also described as a "shockumentary", written and directed by filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi.
Feb 28, 2024 · The mondo film is a specific style of documentary, and the predecessor to the "shockumentary". Mondo films have a specific, often ethnocentric, and condescending approach. Play all.
Mondo Films: The Forbidden World of the Shockumentary. Exploitative quasi-documentaries that aimed to shock credulous audiences with footage of taboo subjects. Sensationalized topics included death, violence, animal cruelty, sex and fetishism, drugs, and bizarre customs of "exotic" cultures.
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