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Cleanflix
Directed by Andrew James, Joshua Ligairi
Premiere Date:
 

Genre:   Film
Production Type:
Private LDS Production-LDS Content
Content Types:
Documentary Film
Distribution Types:
Film Festival
Summary:
CLEANFLIX raises provocative questions about artistic vision, consumer rights, film ownership, and self-censorship as it follows the sanitized movie industry from inception to collapse. Because Mormons are counseled by their religion’s leaders to avoid R-rated films, dozens of businesses in Utah were able to create a niche in the DVD market by stripping Hollywood films of sex, violence, and profanity and then selling and renting “clean” versions of these films at retail stores not only in Utah, but throughout North America. [see more at official website]

Annotations:
Featured in the Toronto 2009 film festival

Official film website
http://cleanflixthemovie.com/





Total Queries: 14. Total Execution Time: 0.015 sec.
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