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This program looks at the cinematic milestones which prompted these events and the age of freewheeling film artistry that ensued, despite attempts at censorship issuing from the highest political level.
A six hour series exploring the 100 year evolution of sexuality and censorship in motion pictures.
Studying the shifting moral standards that Hollywood, Italian cinema, and the French New Wave signaled—and which the Catholic Legion of Decency resisted tooth and nail—the program features groundbreaking scenes from The Miracle, Baby Doll, Lolita, and other films.
Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen. The Series Includes : Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen: The Early Decades | Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen: From the Depression to WWII | Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen: The 1950s and '60s | Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen: The Late 1960s to the '90s. DVD (Chaptered)
This program looks at the cinematic milestones which prompted these events and the age of freewheeling film artistry that ensued, despite attempts at censorship issuing from the highest political level.
While audiences gape, censors condemn the "evils" of sex on the screen. Hollywood becomes synonymous with sin, scandal, sex, and the silver screen. Movies: Sex Is the Missing Ingredient (02:59)
