High School Video, "Melancholianne"
- Artist/Author/Producer: Tulare County, CA high school students
- Confronting Bodies: High school officials
- Dates of action: 1992
- Location: Tulare County, California
- Description of the Art Work
- "Melancholianne" is a video made by students about teen pregnancy.
- Description of incident
- The video made by high school students in Tulare County, California about
teen pregnancy was censored by school officials, because the video
utilized profanity.
- Results of incident
- The Northern California ACLU represented the students in a case against
the school officials, and the students received a preliminary injunction
to show the video in June 1992. Later, in December 30, 1992, the
injunction was overturned by Judge Gerald Sevier ruling that the video
constituted "obscene expression," and therefore could be restricted.
Source: ACLU Arts Censorship Project Newsletter, Spring 1993
