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This Is America
1977 · Film · documentary · 97 min
Directed by Romano Vanderbes
Inspired by shock-documentaries like Mondo Cane, this film looks at the wilder side of life in America. Starting off with the bloodier side of the American car culture by showing a series of crashes at race events, the film then goes on to lesser-known sexual practices. Included among these is a porno movie award show, a nude beauty contest, a sex therapy session, and a detailed explanation of where dildos come from.
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This plays nicely to the Western stereotype, though. (Not the pictures in and of themselves, but pretending the outliers to be the typical).
I remember the outrage over Microsoft Encarta which used photos similar to the Barbey's ones to illustrate the "Poland" entry in 2003 :)
See http://of19.internetdsl.pl/bzdury/encarta/
Two can play that game, http://www.landoverbaptist.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/upstate-new-york.jpg - life of an American citizen, 2016.
And two did play it indeed :) Communist propaganda would actually pull a similar trick on the West, focusing the coverage on the stuff that was, well; weird or creepy at best.
For example the "This is America" documentaries (by Romano Vanderbes) were broadcasted on the communist TV in 70s/80s in prime time. An average viewer would assume it to be an accurate representation of the prevalent lifestyle.