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Damned In The U.S.A.

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Paul Yule’s international, award-winning film bites into the hot-potato of art censorship in the USA

Paul Yule’s international, award-winning film bites into the hot-potato of art censorship in the USA, while escaping the censor’s grip itself. With a humorous backdrop from Jimmy Tingle and a Lou Reed soundtrack, it underlines the implications of silencing art and censoring free-will by pitting representatives from the left and far right against each other. Reverend Wildmon from Mississippi, backed by the American Family Movement, condemns many things, including the photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe and the hip gyrations of Elvis. Convincing opposition comes from liberal campaigners who liken his objections, and the censor’s snip, to a modern-day witch hunt.

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