Viikinki (2022)
• September 27th, 2022 • 1h 27min
Documentary
Overview
Documentary film about Tony Halme, masculinity and populism. The film follows how Tony Halme created a mythical, highly masculine freestyle wrestling character, The Viking, who gained fame both in the ring and in the public eye and eventually became captivated by it. With his brash speeches, Halme fired the starting shot for the rise of the Finns Party. The voice of a forgotten section of the population, a protest against the ruling elite, were the building blocks of Halme's popularity. Halme's great popularity has served as a good example of a populist figure, admired within the deep ranks of the nation, who comes from outside the political elite and changes the direction of politics. Also, despite - or perhaps because of - his openly racist statements, he was part of changing the political climate in Finland to a more acrimonious one.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Primary
Released on: 1960-11-08
Documentary
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphre...
kid 90
Released on: 2021-03-12
Documentary
As a teenager in the '90s, Soleil Moon Frye carried a video camera everywhere she went. She document...
Reality Winner
Released on: 2021-03-17
Documentary
A state of secrets and a ruthless hunt for whistleblowers – this is the story of 25-year-old Reality...
To Stay Alive: A Method
Released on: 2016-11-19
Documentary, Music
Iggy Pop reads and recites Michel Houellebecq’s manifesto. The documentary features real people from...
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Released on: 2021-06-18
Documentary
Comes one hundred years from the two-day Tulsa Massacre in 1921 that led to the murder of as many as...
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn
Released on: 2020-08-12
Documentary
The 30-year legacy of the murder of black teenager Yusuf Hawkins by a group of young white men in Be...
Hatton
Released on: 2023-09-08
Documentary
A definitive portrait of a unique, working-class hero, one of the world’s most beloved boxers - Rick...
The Sixth Side of the Pentagon
Released on: 1968-08-26
Documentary
On October 21, 1967, over 100,000 protestors gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Mobilization to E...
The Bridge
Released on: 2006-10-27
Documentary
The Bridge is a controversial documentary that shows people jumping to their death from the Golden G...
Luchadoras
Released on: 2021-03-17
Documentary
The courageous female wrestlers of Ciudad Juárez, a city known for its high murder rate against wome...
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
Released on: 2014-04-28
Documentary
All About Ann celebrates the achievements of larger-than-life Ann Richards, who became the first ele...
The Sheik
Released on: 2014-04-26
Documentary
When Khosrow Vaziri became the World Wrestling Federations Iron Sheik and camel-clutched his way to ...
WWE Hall Of Fame 2014
Released on: 2014-04-05
Documentary
Inductees into the 2014 WWE Hall of Fame included Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Ultimate Warrior, Razor ...
HEAVEN
Released on: 2021-03-07
Documentary
HEAVEN tells the story of a trailblazing high school wrestler named Heaven Fitch. In 2020, as a juni...
There's Something in the Water
Released on: 2019-09-06
Documentary
Elliot Page brings attention to the injustices and injuries caused by environmental racism in his ho...
Frozen Hell
Released on: 2011-10-02
Documentary
During the Continuation War, there were dozens of POW camps in Finland. About the third of 70,000 pr...
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Released on: 2022-01-14
Documentary
Jeffery Robinson's talk on the history of U.S. anti-Black racism, with archival footage and intervie...
Killing the Indian in the Child
Released on: 2021-02-18
Documentary, History, TV Movie
The Indian Act, passed in Canada in 1876, made members of Aboriginal peoples second-class citizens, ...
49 Up
Released on: 2006-10-06
Documentary
49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-base...