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    Poster of the movie Obscene
    2007     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 37min

    Barney Rosset is the greatest American publisher of the twentieth century and the most influential cultural figure that you haven't heard of. Under Rosset, Grove Press and Evergreen Review fought decisive battles, including many before the state and federal supreme courts, defeated legal censorship, and opened American life to new and dangerous currents of freedom. But Rosset's public fight against hypocrisy and injustice is inextricable from his tumultuous personal life: the same unyeilding, quixotic, restless energy that upended centuries of law brought Rosset perilously close to destruction.

    Directed byDaniel O'Connor, Neil Ortenberg
    CompanyArthouse FilmsArthouse FilmsArthouse Films

    Featuring

    Amiri Baraka
    Lenny Bruce
    John Waters
    + MORE

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