Obscene

This 2007 documentary profiles influential publisher Barney Rosset, who battled obscenity bans and took on the Supreme Court for the right to publish controversial novels, including Lady Chatterley's Lover and Tropic of Cancer. Rosset's tumultuous personal and professional life is chronicled through archival footage and interviews with Rosset, writer Erica Jong, Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, director John Waters and many others.
Release Year:
2007  
Rating:
NR  
Video Quality:
Standard Definition  
Runtime:
97 Minutes  
Directed By:
Neil Ortenberg
Daniel O'Connor  
Cast:
Barney Rosset
Amiri Baraka
Jim Carroll
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Al Goldstein
Erica Jong
Ray Manzarek
John Rechy
Ed Sanders
John Sayles
Gore Vidal
John Waters  
Genres:
Documentaries
Biographical Documentaries
Historical Documentaries
Political Documentaries  
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