# Censored! (1999 AMC documentary)

This documentary from American Movie Classics features a collection of early film clips between 1896 and arond 1920 that explains how early cinema was censored at a time long before alphanumeric rating systems or the Hays Code through controlling excessive violence or various adult situations, especially concerning immigrants and children as a means to control various crimes. Various methods of censorship, from police squads, gambling, public opinion, and race relations are discussed. Oliver Stone and William Baldwin are your narrators.

- Kind: TV
- Year: 2024
- Genres: Documentary, History, Silent
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/censored-1999-amc-documentary)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/censored-1999-amc-documentary?play=1)