Born Innocent

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Movie
Original title Born Innocent
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1974
length 98 minutes
Rod
Director Donald Wrye
script Creighton Brown Burnham
Gerald Di Pego
production Bruce Cohn Curtis
music Fred Karlin
camera David M. Walsh
cut Maury Winetrobe
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Born Innocent is a 1974 American television drama that was first shown on September 10, 1974 under the umbrella of the ABC World Premiere Movie. In 1974, Born Innocent was the highest rated television movie in the United States. The film deals with the physical, psychological and sexual abuse of a teenage girl and includes graphic content that has never been shown on American television before.

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Christine "Chris" Parker is a 14-year-old runaway who, after having been apprehended too often, is sentenced to prison in a juvenile detention center that doubles as a reformatory for the girls. It is slowly becoming apparent that Christine Parker comes from an abusive home. Her father had beaten her regularly, which led Chris to run away several times. Chris never received any support from her mother. The mother sat apathetically in her deck chair, watches TV all day, smokes cigarettes and completely denied what her husband was doing. Only Chris' older brother Tom was aware of the abuse, but he felt powerless to help Chris as he has his own family to look after.

While the film has a moral undertone and draws attention to the harsh conditions in juvenile detention centers, it also blames society for Christine's demise.

Throughout the film, Chris' social worker Emma Lasko never realizes that her dysfunctional parents made her run away, and the juvenile justice system focused all of the guilt and punishment on Christine for her bad behavior. With the exception of one dedicated counselor named Barbara Clark, the reformatory staff were mostly apathetic and smoldered an unhealthy, destructive culture in the school. Despite Barbara's attempts to help Christine talk about her problems, she is powerless as Chris refuses to open up to her or anyone else about her problems at home.

After Chris is investigated into a reformatory riot after a pregnant inmate miscarried due to staff abuse, she calmly claims she had nothing to do with the events. In the final scene, Barbara looks on helplessly when she sees Chris, an innocent, intelligent, decent girl who has now completely turned into a violent, pathological, manipulative, vengeful, and cold person with no more guilt or remorse for her actions who will most likely turn into an adult criminal if she is released of legal age after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Reviews

The New York Times wrote: “The acting 'Is generally good, sometimes superb. Sounds — the harsh clanking of cell doors, the muted shuffle of footsteps — are used well. And the photography, directed by David Walsh, is excellent. ”(The acting is generally good, sometimes excellent. Noises - the hard clatter of cell doors, the muffled mixing of steps - are used well. And David Walsh's photography is excellent .)

Ultimately, though, the film fails to achieve the im pact It so obviously seeks. The main reason for this is in, the script, written by Gerald DiPego and suggested "by a book of the same title." (Ultimately, however, the film does not achieve the effect it is so obviously looking for. The main reason for this is that of Gerald DiPego written screenplay.)

Controversies over the rape scene

The original cut from Born Innocent contained a scene in which Blair's character was raped with a butt grip in the communal showers by several girls led by Moco (Nora Heflin) and Denny (Janit Baldwin).

Unsuitable for the younger public

Born Innocent is credited with being one of the catalysts for the National Association of Broadcasters to create a family viewing policy, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee educator Elena Levine noted that the film originally appeared in the New York Times alongside the television broadcast Born Free , which she thought might have encouraged viewers to believe the film was family friendly.

The film has been criticized by the National Organization for Women , the New York Rape Coalition, and numerous gay and lesbian rights organizations for depicting the sexual abuse of women against women; the Lesbian Feminist Liberation declared: "rape men, not women" and viewed the film as "propaganda against lesbians". The shower scene was eventually removed from the film due to several complaints.

Counterfeit crime lawsuit

The film was also blamed for the rape of nine-year-old Olivia Niemi, who was committed with a glass soda pop bottle on Baker's Beach in San Francisco by some of her peers after she was tortured by the band and humiliated with a seven-year-old friend . Valeria Niemi, the victim's mother, relied on the fact that the initiator who was holding the bottle and who had been convicted of the attack mentioned the film when he was arrested and that the boy who was holding the bottle Asked if it would be "like the picture". She sued NBC for up to $ 11 million in damages. Charges were dropped against two other girls, 10 and 15, and the boy who served as the lookout.

In 1981, the California Supreme Court ruled the film non-obscene and that the ABC network was not responsible for the actions of the individuals who committed the crime.

Blair stated that she felt the film made it easier for rape survivors to come forward.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TV: Girl Inmate Is Focus of 'Born Innocent' Film. at nytimes.com, accessed August 11, 2019.
  2. ↑ Born Innocent at books.google.de, accessed on August 11, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Born Innocent" blair at books.google.de, accessed on August 11 of 2019.
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  5. ^ Tong, Rosemarie (October 8, 2013). Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction. Routledge. Page 118. ISBN 978-1-136-13308-4 .
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