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Pornography (1977-00-00)
About this film
An episode of the series "Louisiana: The State We're In" from 1977 featuring a panel discussion of Louisiana's obscenity law with Marlene Roeder, the Louisiana Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Larry Durant, an attorney, and Ed Ware, the District Attorney in Rapides Parish. The panel discusses the obscenity law that was ruled constitutional by the Louisiana Supreme Court; who determines the "community standards" by which material is considered obscene; a judge ruling that pornographic magazines are obscene and taking them off the shelf; the complaints made by some people after buying the issue of "Playboy" featuring an interview with presidential candidate Jimmy Carter; what constitutes obscenity; works of art that were previously deemed obscene; the effect of obscenity on juveniles; and Ware's attempt at banning the film "The Last Picture Show" in Alexandria because he considered it obscene. Host: Beth George
Directors & creators
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Louisiana, Marlene Roeder, Larry Durant, Ed Ware, Beth George, Jimmy Carter, American Civil Liberties Union, Louisiana Supreme Court, Miller v. California, obscenity law, First Amendment, community standards, Rapides Parish, Alexandria, Louisiana, pornography, The Last Picture Show
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