Obscene
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Neil Ortenberg
Barney Rosset
John Waters
Gore Vidal
Ray Manzarek
Erica Jong
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Barney Rosset--one of the great unsung heroes in post-war America's battle for free expression. As publisher of Grove Press and the Evergreen Review, he challenged the obscenity bans against "Lady Chatterley's Lover," "Tropic of Cancer," "Naked Lunch" and many more controversial works. His literary and political instincts led him to publish everything from Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" to "The Autobiography of Malcolm X." But his passion was not limited to literature. His love of the medium of film lead to him to produce "Strange Victory," a 1948 documentary about post-war racism. Later in his life, he went so far as to battle censors in the Supreme Court to distribute the risque 1967 Swedish film "I Am Curious."
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Released in United States Fall September 26, 2008
Released in United States June 2008
Released in United States March 2008
Released in United States October 3, 2008
Released in United States September 2007
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Document) June 18-29, 2008.
Released in United States March 2008 (Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Spotlight Premieres) March 7-15, 2008.)
Released in United States June 2008 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Document) June 18-29, 2008.)
Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Spotlight Premieres) March 7-15, 2008.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 6-15, 2007.
Feature film directorial debut for Neil Ortenberg and Daniel O'Connor.
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 6-15, 2007.)
Released in United States Fall September 26, 2008 (NY)
Released in United States October 3, 2008 (Los Angeles)
