A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene(2021)

• Documentary
• History
• TV Movie

Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.

Director:

Christian Feyerabend, Claudia Spoden

Released:

2021-03-19

Country:

Germany