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October 26, 2005
Toledo gets Twist of Faith, finally
Kirby Dick's Oscar-nominated documentary, Twist of Faith, about Tony Comes, a Toledo firefighter who alleges he was sexually molested by a priest while he was a student at a local Catholic high school, finally gets a run in Comes' hometown—at the University of Toledo. Locally, reports the Blade, it "was shown once at the Maumee Indoor Theater in June for an invitation-only crowd... The Maumee theater, however, never showed the critically acclaimed film again, prompting complaints of censorship. Theater representatives said the decision to not show the movie was based entirely on financial reasons."
Toledo Blade quotes UT assistant film prof Tammy Kinsey: "The history of motion pictures is filled with examples of theaters, distributors, or towns engaging in this indirect censorship by preventing access. [There is] a clear historical precedent as a means of blocking the screening of a film."
Posted by pride at October 26, 2005 01:02 PM
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