Shockumentary
Related: documentary film - mockumentary - shock value - mondo movies
Mondo di notte oggi (1976) - Gianni Proia
Definition
A reality-based television show that contains footage of accidents and violence. Best example are the mondo movies. One of the first shockumentaries to gain fame in America was Kroger Babb's 1945 movie "Mom and Dad", a documentary sometimes fetaturing a real birth.
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