The El Duce Tapes
A wilfully offensive band, The Mentors gained infamy for performing in black executioner hoods and spewing cartoonishly racist, homophobic and misogynistic lyrics in the 1980s and ‘90s—but was their use of shock meant to propagate hate or confront it?
Your rating
Your review
Cast
12 people
El Duce
Self
Also in
Population: 1
Two Idiots in Hollywood
Steve Broy
Self
Rodney Ascher
Tim Kirk
Eric Carlson
Self
David Lawrence
Ryan Sexton
Bill Maher
Self
Known for
House II: The Second Story
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
GWAR
Themselves
Jerry Springer
Self
Known for
Ringmaster
Milo Yiannopoulos
Self
Also in
Roe v. Wade
Robin Thicke
Self
Also in
The Wonder Years
Making the Rules
Rodney Ascher Director · David Lawrence Director Jonathan Snipes Composer
United States release August 17, 2019 · Produced in United States · Production Highland Park Classics
Production
New City Road
Production
Highland Park Classics
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
Canada · April 26, 2019
Premiere · Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
United States · August 17, 2019
North Bend Film Fest
Finland
November 21, 2019 · Night Visions International Film Festival
France
September 10, 2019 · L'Étrange Festival
United Kingdom
October 9, 2019 · Premiere · The El Duce Tapes
More from Rodney Ascher
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked The El Duce Tapes
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.