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Banned in Oklahoma (2004) Online
2004 Anita Hill Gerry Spence Gary D. Rhodes
Original Title :
Banned in Oklahoma
Genre :
Creative Work / Documentary / Short
Year :
2004
Directror :
Gary D. Rhodes
Cast :
Anita Hill,Gerry Spence
Writer :
Gary D. Rhodes
Type :
Creative Work
Time :
31min
Rating :
7.0/10

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A documentary that covers the 1997 Oklahoma confiscation of the film "The Tin Drum" due to a judicial ruling of child pornography, and the six years of legal wranglings that ensued.

Banned in Oklahoma (2004) Online

A documentary that covers the 1997 Oklahoma confiscation of the film "The Tin Drum" due to a judicial ruling of child pornography, and the six years of legal wranglings that ensued.
Credited cast:
Anita Hill Anita Hill - Herself
Gerry Spence Gerry Spence - Himself

This documentary is featured on the second disc of The Tin Drum (1979) DVD released in 2004 by the Criterion Collection.


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A documentary that covers the 1997 Oklahoma confiscation of the film "The Tin Drum" due to a judicial ruling of child pornography, and the six years of legal wranglings that ensued.

Although I did not care for the protagonist (ACLU attorney Michael Camfield, who passed in 2011) and his musical antics, the story of the case itself was rather interesting. I can completely see how "Tin Drum" could be labeled child pornography. While I do not think it is, there is the one scene in particular that may make people uncomfortable.

This is a nice slice of culture, between the religious conservatives and those who push for artistic freedom. Most interesting was that the police actually went to a person's house and confiscated a rented VHS tape... they could have waited for it to be returned. What of those who purchased the film? Did they subpoena a list of buyers from Kino? of course not.