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Movie 'of Good Report' Banned

Classifiers at the Film and Publications Board (FPB) ban a movie which would have been shown at the Durban Film Festival. The board said the film, titled “Of Good Report” contained child pornography and contravened their code of publication. The movie depicts the sexual relationship between a male teacher and one of his pupils. The FPB only watched 28 minutes of a 104 minute film. According to Pierre De Vos, Professor of Law at UCT, they ignored Constitutional jurisprudence on the classification of "child pornography" as well as the decisions of the Film and Publications Review Board. He feels they are ignorant of the law in terms of which they must exercise their powers, or because they decided to be guided by a misplaced, conservative, moralistic fervour -- rather than by the law that they are bound by.

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