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Mondo Cane Collection

A collection of documentaries which consist of a series of travelogue vignettes that provide glimpses into cultural practices around the world with the intention to shock or surprise western film audiences.

Mondo Cane poster
6.2

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.

Mondo Cane

1962

Women of the World poster
5.3

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

Women of the World

1963

Mondo Cane 2 poster
5.6

The official sequel to the original shockumentary presents a series of bizarre, shocking and grotesque cultural rituals, practices and events from around the world. Featured segments include the burning monks of Saigon in Vietnam, slave markets in Sudan, religious hysteria, mortician schools, and unusual global subcultures.

Mondo Cane 2

1963

Africa Blood and Guts poster
6.2

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.

Africa Blood and Guts

1966

Goodbye Uncle Tom poster
6.7

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

Goodbye Uncle Tom

1971

Savage World Today poster
5.0

A new age Mondo film that explores the realm of urban decay and various oddities of the modern world, ranging from underground club scenes to sex change operations.

Savage World Today

1985

Mondo Cane 2000 -The Incredible poster
3.2

The final official installment in the "Mondo Cane" series dares to go where no other Mondo film has gone before.

Mondo Cane 2000 -The Incredible

1988

The Godfathers of Mondo poster
6.9

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.

The Godfathers of Mondo

2003