Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
A movie so funny they banned it in Norway, we're covering the life story of a man who got super killed.
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Pretty Baby (1978)
Our librarian goes back to the brothels of New Orleans Storyville for the story of a little girl learning to be a little girl despite growing up very fast.
Banned
1978 - Argentina - labeled by the Videla regime as "pornographic"
1978 - 1983 - South Africa - banned due to apartheid restrictions
1978-1995 - Ontario, Canada - banned by the film board but overturned in 1995
Sources
Malle, Louis (dir.) Pretty Baby. Paramount Pictures, 1978.
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Kids (1995)
Our librarian talks sex, drugs, murder, and rock and roll as we follow a bunch of jerks around New York City.
Banned
1995 - South Africa - Banned for two years and only unbanned in 1997 on appeal with a no-under 16 age restriction.
Sources
Clark, Larry (dir.). Kids. Shining Excalibur Productions, 1995.
Detrick, Ben. "'Kids,' Then and Now." New York Times. 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2019 from https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/fashion/kids-20th-anniversary-chloe-sevigny-rosario-dawson.html
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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
A small town holds a very special lottery and people were super mad about it.
Banned
1981 - Minnesota - the film version of the story was banned in Forest Lake but reinstated by U. S. District Court Judge
South Africa - Country banned the story as it attacked reliance on traditional values and blindly following traditions, such as apartheid
Readers of the New Yorker responded more to this story than any story previously published in a largely negative fashion. Subscriptions were cancelled, and most mail expressed both confusion and anger.
Sources
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
Franklin, Ruth. "“The Lottery” Letters." New Yorker. 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2018 from https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-lottery-letters
McCarthy, Erin. "11 Facts About Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"." Mental Floss. Retrieved January 27, 2018 from http://mentalfloss.com/article/57503/11-facts-about-shirley-jacksons-lottery
Jackson, Shirley. "The Lottery." The Lottery and Other Stories. Modern Library. New York, 1949.
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