Presenting a Brief History of American Film Censorship, Where Violence Is OK But Sex Isn’t

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Start your morning off right—with the folks from CineFix’s Film School’d series giving a run-down of the history of film censorship, from the early days (Edison, the scandal!) to today. If you’re interested in that documentary used in the last few minutes, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, it’s really good and you all should watch it. Here’s the trailer!

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