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====Date: [[:Category:2003|2003]]==== | ====Date: [[:Category:2003|2003]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Australia|Australia]]==== | ====Region: [[:Category:Australia|Australia]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | ====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video]]==== | ====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' Directed by Larry Clark and Ed Lachman. | '''Artist:''' Directed by Larry Clark and Ed Lachman. | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Censored by the Australian government's Office of Film and Literature Classification, fought for by the Sydney Film Festival. | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Censored by the Australian government's Office of Film and Literature Classification, fought for by the Sydney Film Festival. | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' June 6, 2003. | '''Dates of Action:''' June 6, 2003. | ||
'''Location:''' Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | '''Location:''' Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' Feature film attempting to deal with the personal and social difficulties facing four American teenagers. <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' Feature film attempting to deal with the personal and social difficulties facing four American teenagers. <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' Australia’s OFLC, however, declared late last month that ''Ken Park'' “offended the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults.” On June 6, a three-member OFLC review board rejected an appeal by film distributors and festival organizers, and upheld the previous decision. It claimed that the movie involved “child sexual abuse.” <P> | '''The Incident:''' Australia’s OFLC, however, declared late last month that ''Ken Park'' “offended the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults.” On June 6, a three-member OFLC review board rejected an appeal by film distributors and festival organizers, and upheld the previous decision. It claimed that the movie involved “child sexual abuse.” <P> | ||
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The OFLC ruling, which affects film festivals and distribution companies throughout the country, makes it illegal to screen, hire or advertise ''Ken Park'' anywhere in Australia, with fines of A$11,000 and one year’s jail for individuals or A$250,000 for companies that defy the ban. <P> | The OFLC ruling, which affects film festivals and distribution companies throughout the country, makes it illegal to screen, hire or advertise ''Ken Park'' anywhere in Australia, with fines of A$11,000 and one year’s jail for individuals or A$250,000 for companies that defy the ban. <P> | ||
Past and present festival organisers have denounced the decision and called on film patrons to lobby federal parliamentarians. Appeals have also been made to the state Labor government in New South Wales to bypass the decision. Under current law, the state attorney general can give “Special Exemption” to allow a festival screening, but so far the NSW government has made no response or comment on the ban. <P> | Past and present festival organisers have denounced the decision and called on film patrons to lobby federal parliamentarians. Appeals have also been made to the state Labor government in New South Wales to bypass the decision. Under current law, the state attorney general can give “Special Exemption” to allow a festival screening, but so far the NSW government has made no response or comment on the ban. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Screening of ''Ken Park'' at the Sydney Film Festival canceled. Screening of the film American Splendor instead. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' Screening of ''Ken Park'' at the Sydney Film Festival canceled. Screening of the film American Splendor instead. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/jun2003/sydn-j16.shtml | '''Source:''' http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/jun2003/sydn-j16.shtml | ||
