Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana (2018)

03/31/2018 (EN) • 1h 45m

Documentary

Overview

Florida, 1994. Artist Mike Diana is convicted on an obscenity charge in the wake of an undercover police officer purchasing his limited edition zine Boiled Angel. Here is the very unusual story of what led to this First Amendment debacle happening for the first time in the United States.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords

freedom of speech

comic book

trial

art

comic book artist

obscenity

zines

free speech

first amendment

zine

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