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COLOMBIA · 1980

Cannibal Holocaust

Ruggero Deodato
found footage exploitation indigenous cultures media sensationalism civilization vs nature
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Synopsis

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

Year1980
CountryColombia
DirectorRuggero Deodato
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