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Gualtiero Jacopetti

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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gualtiero Jacopetti (born 4 September 1919) is an Italian director of documentary films. He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called shockumentaries. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gualtiero Jacopetti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Department: Directing

Place of Birth: Barga, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Adult: No

Birthday: September 04, 1919

Age: 105 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: August 17, 2011

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Overview: 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.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2003-10-01

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Overview: A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.

Genres: Comedy Drama

Original Language: it

Release Date: 1954-01-28

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The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti

Overview: 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".

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: it

Release Date: 2012-06-01

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Overview: A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: it

Release Date: 1963-01-30

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Overview: 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.

Genres: Documentary Horror

Original Language: it

Release Date: 1966-02-11

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Overview: Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

Genres: Drama Crime Horror

Original Language: it

Release Date: 1971-09-23

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Overview: The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.

Genres: Documentary Horror

Original Language: it

Release Date: 1963-11-30

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Votes: 28

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