Zombie Land

2017•6m

Documentary

What lies behind our fascination with the flesh-eating undead?

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Status

Ended

First Aired

July 26, 2017

Last Aired

October 9, 2017

Networks

ARTE

Created By

Dimitri Kourtchine

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Zombie Invasion

Air date: 2017-07-26

The Zombie is the most popular monster of the 21st century! The proof? Part of Donald Trump's campaign strategy was based on it. His adviser, Jared Kushner, suggested they air his anti-immigration ad campaign during the breaks of The Walking Dead. Viewers were primed by the show to feel afraid and under seige. The message hit its mark.

Zombies Walk at Night

Air date: 2017-10-09

The zombie canon saw the grisly light of day with a 1968 film by George Romero: The Night of the Living Dead. But it wasn't just a horror movie, but a product of its time and its society. It's a revolution!

Myths

Air date: 2017-10-09

The Zombie comes from Haitian folklore. Zombification is the ultimate punishment in which society robs criminals of their freewill to turn them into servile slaves. Zombies are not inhuman, but humans outcast from society. And that is what makes them the living dead. In the West, even if we don't call them that, we also have our zombies.