‘Contra/Banned’ within Siskel Center: Sex, faith, Jayne Mansfield or other motion picture troublemakers
The history off flick informs a parallel reputation of censorship, protest and ethical guardians, for instance the Catholic Legion off Decency, calculated to save particular notorious clips from inquiring eyes.
Rebecca Fons, programming manager of Gene Siskel Movie Center, envision there’d getting a ripe show in this part of the history. (more…)