Sam Dunn

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Sam Dunn

Born March 20, 1974 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada (age 52)

Sam Dunn is a Canadian anthropologist and film-maker whose work focuses on the culture of heavy metal. Together with Scot McFadyen, Dunn owns Toronto-based production company Banger Films, Inc. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Dunn, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Iron Maiden: Flight 666Iron Maiden: Flight 666 · 2009
Iron Maiden: Flight 666
7.72009
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Heavy metal band Iron Maiden's 2008 Somewhere Back in Time World Tour. This concert recording accompanies the documentary film "Iron Maiden: Flight 666". The 16 songs performed were filmed live in 16 different cities giving you the full experience of the live power of Maiden and their fans all around the globe.
Metal: A Headbanger's JourneyMetal: A Headbanger's Journey · 2005
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
7.62005
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The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, Nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture.
The Ballad of Judas PriestThe Ballad of Judas Priest · 2026
The Ballad of Judas Priest
2026
MovieMusicDocumentary
Witness the 50-year story of Judas Priest. From forging Heavy Metal in the British Steel industry to their rise to Metal Gods.
Rush: Beyond the Lighted StageRush: Beyond the Lighted Stage · 2010
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
7.52010
MovieDocumentaryMusic
An in-depth look at the Canadian rock band Rush, chronicling the band's musical evolution from their progressive rock sound of the '70s to their current heavy rock style.
Nurture & NatureNurture & Nature · 2024
Nurture & Nature
2024
MovieDocumentary
Video essay by film historian Tag Gallagher on Josef von Sternberg's 1931 film version of 'An American Tragedy'.
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from TexasZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas · 2019
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas
7.52019
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The story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on the planet.
Global MetalGlobal Metal · 2008
Global Metal
7.32008
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In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West's most maligned musical genre - heavy metal - has impacted the world's cultures beyond Europe and North America. The film follows metal fan and anthropologist Sam Dunn on a whirlwind journey through Asia, South America and the Middle East as he explores the underbelly of the world's emerging extreme music scenes; from Indonesian death metal to Chinese black metal to Iranian thrash metal. GLOBAL METAL reveals a worldwide community of metalheads who aren't just absorbing metal from the West - they're transforming it - creating a new form of cultural expression in societies dominated by conflict, corruption and mass-consumerism.
Super Duper Alice CooperSuper Duper Alice Cooper · 2014
Super Duper Alice Cooper
7.12014
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Emerging from the Detroit music scene of the 1970s in a flurry of long hair and sequins, Alice Cooper restored hard rock with a sense of showmanship, while simultaneously striking fear into the hearts of Middle America with the chicken-slaughtering, dead-baby-eating theatrics that would cement his identity as a glam metal icon. Meticulously crafted from rare archival footage, Super Duper Alice Cooper tells the story of the man behind the makeup, Vincent Furnier, the son of a preacher, who got caught in the grip of his own monster.

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