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17 Banned Films and What They Tell Us About the Power of Cinema

Controversy is the best free publicity. At the same time, the mere idea of prohibiting a film from being seeing speaks to the power of the medium in terms of its influential place as part of the conversation on politics, social issues, and religion. Governments and other authority figures find certain cinematic voices threatening to their beliefs and lifestyles.

 

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