Affliction vs Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum

Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.1/10 for Affliction). Affliction is the shorter watch at 45m compared with 59m. Affliction is the older of the two (1996 against 2026). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Affliction posterAffliction1996 VS Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum posterSecrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum2026
AfflictionSecrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
Audience score★ 5.1/10★ 10.0/10
Year19962026
Length45m59m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary, History, TV Movie
Country––
DirectorMark HejnarJoe Myerscough
Main castAnnie Sprinkle, GG Allin, Full Force Frank, Mike Diana, Kembra PfahlerMichael Palin, Dan Snow, David Olusoga, Janina Ramirez

Synopsis

Affliction

This 45 minute documentary by Mark Hejnar is a sort of Whitman's Sampler of sickness, chronicling such wildly diverse and extreme personalities as G.G. Allin, Mike Diana, Full Force Frank, GLOD, Annie Sprinkle, and others. This collection of short clips and vile moments is certainly NOT for the squeamish, as these are the artists and performers who have taken the term "free expression" to it's limits--and beyond.

Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum

The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the treasures of the medieval world. Across 70 metres of exquisitely embroidered scenes, it tells the story of one of the most seismic events in British history – the Norman Invasion of 1066. For the last 950 years, this crucial part of Britain's national story has remained on the other side of the English Channel, in Bayeux, Normandy, but now it’s coming back to the UK. A stellar cast of historians and experts…

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