Sam Dunn
Sam Dunn | |
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 Sam Dunn performing live with Burn to Black, 2005 | |
| Occupation(s) | director, musician, anthropologist |
| Awards | Gemini Award in 2007 for Metal: A Headbanger's Journey |
Sam Dunn is a Canadian anthropologist and film-maker whose work focuses on the culture of heavy metal.
Dunn's first film, co-directed with Scot McFadyen and Jessica Wise, was released in 2005. The film follows Dunn on a journey to document the origins, culture and appeal of heavy metal. It also explores the themes of heavy metal- violence, death, religion and satanism, gender and sexuality.
Released in 2008, Sam directed a new film, titled Global Metal. In the film, 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 Israeli Oriental metal and Chinese black metal to Iranian thrash metal, etc. The film reveals a worldwide community of metalheads who aren’t just absorbing metal from the West – they’re transforming it, and creating a new form of cultural expression in societies dominated by conflict, corruption and mass-consumerism.[1]
Dunn co-wrote and co-directed the 2009 documentary Iron Maiden: Flight 666 with Scot McFadyen. The film chronicles the band's 2008 tour in which a converted Boeing 757 was flown from country to country by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson.
Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage
In 2009 Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen started working on a documentary about progressive rock and heavy metal band Rush. The film premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 29, winning the festival's Audience Award. [2]
Musical activities
Dunn formerly played bass for the Victoria ska/funk band, Fungkus; they disbanded in 2000.
Dunn also formerly played bass for the Toronto extreme metal band, Burn to Black; they disbanded in November 2008.[3]
Filmography
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Metal: A Headbanger's Journey |
| 2008 | Global Metal |
| 2009 | Iron Maiden: Flight 666 |
| 2010 | Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage |
References
- ^ Mann, Michael (2005-10). "Heavy Metal". The Nerve. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
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- ^ Member contributed (2006-09-26). "Burn to Black". Metal Archives at Encyclopaedia Metallum.
External links
- Sam Dunn at IMDb
- IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666 - THE MOVIE
- Metal: A Headbanger's Journey Official site
- Global Metal official site
- Rush: The Documentary page on The Internet Movie Database
- Burn to Black Official MySpace page
- Burn to Black profile at Encyclopaedia Metallum
- Interview with Sam Dunn About Global Metal/A Headbanger's Journey