The Society of the Spectacle

May 1, 1974

1h 30m

★ 6.7

Overview

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Simar Films

The Society of the Spectacle Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Narrator (voice)

Guy Debord

Self (archive footage)

Jacques Duclos

Self (archive footage)

Robert Fabre

Self (archive footage)

Nino Ferrer

Self (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Hallyday

Self (archive footage)

George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Alexei Kosygin

Self (archive footage)

Mao Zedong

Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny percentage of Americans who control nearly half the wealth of the U.S. Johnson's thesis is that this wealth in the hands of so few people is a danger to our very way of life.

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Women, Maasai and rangers - The lionesses of Kenya

Nov 6, 2022

Leah and Purity are rangers in the Kenyan bushland. They roam around Amboseli National Park every day to track down wildlife. The Maasai shepherds also have their villages here. Conflicts can hardly be avoided. The young women are often called to missions to mediate or comfort. The two Maasai women themselves have to fight against discrimination

0.0

Tango

Aug 9, 1985

A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies, art works, dance performances, historical footage, photographs of Buenos Aires at the turn of the 20th century, and texts by Celedonio Flores and Enrique Santos Discépolo.

0.0

Say My Name

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People from different ethnic backgrounds with "difficult" names by Western standards share their experience with moving through the world with an identity that challenges others to simply just say their name. A short social docu-film by Mariam Meliksetyan, “Say My Name” is a meditation on identity, otherness, assimilation, community, and ancestral roots.

0.0

Madeleine McCann: The Unseen Evidence

May 7, 2025

Documentary following an investigation by The Sun into Madeleine McCann's disappearance, which uncovers further evidence that could point towards the prime suspect's involvement in this unsolved crime

8.5

Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream

Sep 1, 2022

The real dream of the American pastor Martin Luther King was never limited to civil rights. He hoped for a just America, where poverty would no longer have a place. Social equality was for him the only guarantee of a true emancipation. During the last four years of his life, he mobilized all his energy to realize this "other dream". But there were many obstacles: he was scorned by white, racist America, abandoned by the political class, but also by some of his own people, who decided to turn their backs on the principle of non-violence.

9.1

Sadio Mané - Made in Senegal

Apr 8, 2020

Sadio's story is the classical heroes journey and and archetype for African football players. Blessed with exceptional talent, he sets out from his village to find his destiny in the world - defying his family, social structures, doubters and injuries - to come back triumphant and able to help those around him.

7.3

We Feed the World

Sep 10, 2005

A documentary that exposes the shocking truths behind industrial food production and food wastage, focusing on fishing, livestock and crop farming. A must-see for anyone interested in the true cost of the food on their plate.

1.0

In My Genes

Apr 1, 2009

Agnes may not seem like someone with much to laugh about. For one thing, she has albinism - a lack of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes - and her appearance has provoked prejudice from family, friends and strangers since she was born. But despite all odds, Agnes refuses to lead a life of sorrow. This fascinating and inspiring documentary also shares the stories of seven other people's individual experiences of living their lives with albinism in Kenya, a predominantly black society. While each person's story is unique, they all have one thing in common: they know what it is like to stand out uncomfortably from the crowd.

6.2

VHS Revolution

Aug 28, 2017

Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of canine television games, seduction manuals, aerobics class while holding a baby, among others.

6.7

Secrets of the Neanderthals

May 2, 2024

This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.

0.0

Les filles c’est pas pareil

Mar 8, 1973

In this feature-length documentary, six teenage girls, aged 14 to 16, agree to open up and have their private worlds invaded by the camera. They have to face problems that they intend to take on "to the end": early experience of sexuality, belonging to a gang, relationships with parents, social tolerance, friendship... They live tender and pure lives in their own way.

0.0

The Panther

Oct 14, 2017

El Pantera is a documentary film that chronicles the rise of Mexican UFC star Yair Rodriguez as he strives to become the first ever Mexican born UFC champion.

7.5

Tokyo Phoenix

May 20, 2017

In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombings in 1945— followed by a spectacular rebirth, Tokyo, the old city of Edo, has become the largest and most futuristic capital in the world in a transformation process fueled by the exceptional resilience of its inhabitants, and nourished by a unique phenomenon of cultural hybridization.

6.9

Le Temps de cerveau disponible

Mar 17, 2010

Cruelty, psychological and sexual violence, humiliations: reality television seems to have gone mad. His debut in the early 2000s inaugurated a new era in the history of the audio-visual. Fifty years of archives trace the evolution of entertainment: how the staging of intimacy during the 80s opened new territories, how the privatization of the biggest channels has changed the relationship with the spectator. With the contribution of specialists, including philosopher Bernard Stiegler, this documentary demonstrates how emotion has made way for the exacerbation of the most destructive impulses.

6.9

Jesus Christ Saviour

May 15, 2008

Klaus Kinski has perhaps the most ferocious reputation of all screen actors: his volatility was documented to electrifying effect in Werner Herzog’s 1999 portrait My Best Fiend. This documentary provides further fascinating insight into the talent and the tantrums of the great man. Beset by hecklers, Kinski tries to deliver an epic monologue about the life of Christ (with whom he perhaps identifies a little too closely). The performance becomes a stand-off, as Kinski fights for control of the crowd and alters the words to bait his tormentors. Indispensable for Kinski fans, and a riveting introduction for newcomers, this is a unique document, which Variety called ‘a time capsule of societal ideals and personal demons.’

6.4

Deep Throat: When Porn Makes Its Premiere

Jan 29, 2022

Deep Throat, a pornographic film directed by Gerard Damiano, a film-loving hairdresser, and starring Linda Lovelace, a shy girl manipulated by a controlling husband, was released in 1972 and divided audiences, who began to talk openly about sex, desire and female pleasure; but also about violence and abuse; and about pornography, until then an almost clandestine industry, as a revolutionary cultural phenomenon.

7.0

The Antifascists

Mar 9, 2017

A low-intensity war is being fought on the streets of Europe and the aim is on fascism. This critically acclaimed documentary takes us behind the masks of the militants called antifascists. In 2013 a group of armed nazis attacks a peaceful demonstration in Stockholm where several people are injured. In Greece the neo-nazi party Golden Dawn becomes the third largest in the election and in Malmö the activist Showan Shattak and his friends are attacked by a group of nazis with knives and he ends up in a coma. In this portrait of the antifascists in Greece and Sweden we get to meet key figures that explain their view on their radical politics but also to question the level their own violence and militancy.

7.2

Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

Aug 24, 2005

Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and famous family.

0.0

Catalunya Nord: el català, a judici

Jul 11, 2023

No overview available.

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Narrator (voice)

Guy Debord

Self (archive footage)

Jacques Duclos

Self (archive footage)

Robert Fabre

Self (archive footage)

Nino Ferrer

Self (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Hallyday

Self (archive footage)

George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Alexei Kosygin

Self (archive footage)

The Society of the Spectacle

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

The Society of the Spectacle Trailers

Cast

Leonid Brezhnev

Fidel Castro

Guy Debord

Jacques Duclos

Robert Fabre

Nino Ferrer

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Johnny Hallyday

George Harrison

Henry Kissinger

Alexei Kosygin

Mao Zedong

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The Society of the Spectacle Trailers

Cast

Leonid Brezhnev

Fidel Castro

Guy Debord

Jacques Duclos

Robert Fabre

Nino Ferrer

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Johnny Hallyday

George Harrison

Henry Kissinger

Alexei Kosygin

Mao Zedong