Underplayed Gems

Damned in the USA (1991)

Damned in the USA poster
Genre
documentary film
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How it feels

This documentary covers censorship controversies in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It follows the trial of a museum director in Cincinnati over his exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe photographs. The film also examines debates about government funding for the arts through the National Endowment for the Arts.

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What happens

Damned in the USA é um documentário britânico de 1991 dirigido por Paul Yule sobre a censura na América. Nos Estados Unidos, o financiamento do governo para as artes nunca foi popular entre os membros mais conservadores do Congresso, e aos populistas tem um odor desagradável de elitismo. O filme cobre o julgamento de um diretor do museu de Cincinnati pela exibição de fotos de Robert Mapplethorpe, e debates sobre o financiamento do National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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