Franco Prosperi

Directing

Biography

Franco Prosperi is an Italian ethnographic filmmaker. He is a pioneer, with Gualtiero Jacopetti and Paolo Cavara, of the mondo genre.

Born: January 1, 1928

Place of Birth: Roma, Italy

Known For

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Goodbye Uncle Tom

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

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Sweet and Savage

A Mondo documentary that juxtaposes footage of death, carnage, and unpleasantness with scenes of inspiring and beautiful imagery.

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The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti

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".

Filmography

2012

The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti

as Self

1983

Sweet and Savage

as Narrator (voice)

1971

Goodbye Uncle Tom

as Self (uncredited)