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====Work: [[Clockwork Orange]]====
====Date: [[:Category:2007|2007]]====


====Date: [[:Category:1974|1974]]====
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====


====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]====
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====
 
====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]], [[:Category:Language|Language]], [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]], [[:Category:Violence|Violence]]====


====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video]]====
====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video]]====
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[[File:Kubrick1.jpg|left]]
[[File:AlGore.jpg|right]]
'''Artist:''' Stanley Kubrick (1928 - 1999)
'''Artist:''' Al Gore (b. 1948)


'''Confronting Bodies:''' Local police authorities and the concerned public
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Federal Way School Board


'''Date of Action:''' 1974
'''Dates of Action:''' Thursday, January 11, 2007


'''Location:''' Great Britain
'''Location:''' Federal Way, Washington, United States of America


'''Description of Artwork:''' The film, based on a book of the same name, takes place in a future England and follows a teenaged gang leader who enjoys rape and ultraviolence. He volunteers for a rehabilitation program which removes his desire for violence, but leaves him suicidal. <P>
'''Description of Artwork:''' Movie/documentary <P>
[[File:Kubrick2.jpg|right]]
'''The Incident:''' The British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) had released the film uncut with the X rating, but received a number of complaints that the film would damage society by inspiring teenagers to violence. Through out 1972 and 1973, police linked cases of teenage violence to ''Clockwork Orange''. Simply having the culprit admit to reading the book was enough proof for the public that the film was a bad influence.    <P>
In response to the uproar it was causing in Britain, Kubrick had the film withdrawn from the country, even though it had already been running for 61 weeks there. <P>


'''Results of Incident:''' It was not until Kubrick's death in 1999 that the film was legally permitted to be shown in Britain. <P>
'''The Incident:''' "After a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and opposes sex education complained about the film, the Federal Way School Board on Tuesday placed what it labeled a moratorium on showing the film. The movie consists largely of a computer presentation by former Vice President Al Gore recounting scientists' findings." <P>
The Board determined that "Al Gore's documentary about global warming may not be shown unless the teacher also presents an opposing view." <P>
"Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a schoolteacher," said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. "The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD.<P>


'''Source:''' Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Ed. Derek Jones. Chicago; London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.
'''Results of Incident:''' The movie may not be shown unless the teacher presents an "opposing view." <P>


[[Category:1974]]
'''Source:''' http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/299253_inconvenient11.html


[[Category:1970s]]
[[Category:2007]]


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[[Category:Europe]]
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[[Category:Violence]]
[[Category:North America]]
 
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[[Category:Explicit Sexuality]]


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Revision as of 09:13, 14 September 2022

Featured Case: An Inconvenient Truth


Date: 2007

Region: North America

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Film Video


AlGore.jpg

Artist: Al Gore (b. 1948)

Confronting Bodies: Federal Way School Board

Dates of Action: Thursday, January 11, 2007

Location: Federal Way, Washington, United States of America

Description of Artwork: Movie/documentary

The Incident: "After a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and opposes sex education complained about the film, the Federal Way School Board on Tuesday placed what it labeled a moratorium on showing the film. The movie consists largely of a computer presentation by former Vice President Al Gore recounting scientists' findings."

The Board determined that "Al Gore's documentary about global warming may not be shown unless the teacher also presents an opposing view."

"Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a schoolteacher," said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. "The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD."

Results of Incident: The movie may not be shown unless the teacher presents an "opposing view."

Source: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/299253_inconvenient11.html






























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