简介:Fact-basedstoryaboutthecourtproceedingsthatfollowedCincinnatiartmuseumdirectorDennisBarrieafterhisdecisiontodisplayacontroversialartexhibitbyphotographerRobertMapplethorpe.TheproceedingsstartwithaninflamedCountySheriffwhoisdeterminedtoputBarrieinjail.Agrandjuryestablishedtodeterminewhetherthesexuallyexplicitphotographswereobscenefoundsevenofthepicturestopossiblybeobscene.Thesevenpicturesdepictednudechildren,amanramminghisfistupanotherman"sanus,andmanwithhisfingerinhispenis.Otherpicturesintheexhibitdiddepictexplicitnudityandsexualconnotation.Anobviouslybiasedjudgemadederisivedecisionsthroughoutthetrial.ThestrainofthetrialalsoplacedBarrie"smarriageunderduress,whichultimatelyledtohiswifedivorcinghim,andledtoBarrie"schildrenbeingderidedandphysicallyattackedbytheirclassmates.