Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey
A lifelong heavy metal fan, Canadian anthropologist Dunn travels around the world to explore the origins of the genre as well as the controversy that sometimes accompanies the culture of the music and its fans.
Directors
Sam Dunn
Dunn is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, musician, anthropologist, and co-founder of Toronto-based production company Banger Films. Dunn’s co-directing credits include Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, and Iron Maiden: Flight 666. He also produced Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, which won eight awards internationally including the DGC Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs and was named to TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten.
Writers
Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise
Producers
Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen
Genre
Documentary
Interest
Arts and Culture
Original Language
English