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Sickies making films / Haricot Vert Films presents ; in associations with Scifidelity Pictures ; a documentary by Joe Tropea ; produced by Robert A Emmons, Jr., Skizz Cyzyk, Joe Tropea ; directed by Joe Tropea.

Fullscreen.

[San Francisco] : distributed by Video Project, [2017]

1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

region 1

"Decades before movies had a rating system, they had censors. Dating back to the silent era, seven states and dozens of cities across the United States empowered government-employed censors to cut films prior to their exhibition--or even ban them outright. Sickies Making Films uses the nation's longest running surviving censor board, the Maryland State Board of Censors (1916-1981) as a cinematic and often hilarious window into the tangled history of American movie censorship. Outspoken and unrepentant Mary Avara became the last censor standing--and her very public clashes with fellow Marylander John Waters, transgressive film's 'Pope of Trash,' entered the national spotlight. Using film clips, archival footage, and interviews with censored exhibitors and filmmakers, this riveting documentary explores the politics, prejudices, and personalities that controlled the moving images Americans consumed for decades."--Container.

Motion pictures -- Censorship -- United States -- History.

Feature films.

Nonfiction films.

Documentary films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Tropea, Joe, director, film producer, screenwriter.

Emmons, Robert A., Jr., film producer, screenwriter, film editor.

Cyzyk, Skizz, film producer, cinematographer.

Holt, Michael, composer.

Ferretti, Jennifer, film producer.

Krulik, Jeff, film producer.

Padgett, Clare, film producer.

Haricot Vert Films, production company.

Scifidelity Pictures, production company.

Video Project, distributor.

Sickies making films : a film by Joe Tropea

Fullscreen.

Writers, Joe Tropea, Robert A. Emmons, Jr. ; directory of photography, Skizz Cyzyk ; music, Michael Holt ; editor, Robert A. Emmons, Jr. ; associate producers, Jennifer Ferretti, Jeff Krulik, Clare Padgett.

DVD ; fullscreen.

English dialogue; closed captioning.

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DVD 791.43 Sickies