Franco Prosperi
Franco Prosperi is an Italian ethnographic filmmaker. He is a pioneer, with Gualtiero Jacopetti and Paolo Cavara, of the mondo genre.
Wild beasts - Belve feroci
PCP is unexplainably released into the Frankfurt water supply and sends the zoo inhabitants crazy. One evening after a malfunction of zoo security the gonzo critters rampage through the city eating and killing whatever they fancy, wreaking a night of bloody terror.
Mondo candido
Voltaire, a 16th century author was furious that learned members of a "civilized" society could claim that the apparent senseless violence and mayhem wrought by disasters, war, disease, man's cruelty, etc. was actually only a part of some 'greater good'.
Addio zio Tom
Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
Africa addio
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.
Mondo cane n. 2
The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.
La donna nel mondo
A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.
Mondo cane
A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise, including an insect banquet and a memorable look at a practicing South Pacific cargo cult.