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A research project about the films the world decided you shouldn’t see — and the people who got to decide.
What this is
Objectionable is an independent, ongoing research podcast. Each file takes a single film that was banned, cut, refused, withdrawn or suppressed somewhere in the world, and works out exactly what happened: who objected, by what authority, on what grounds, and what the film’s life has been since.
It started as a school project. It is built to keep going past that — a slowly growing archive rather than a fixed assignment, organised so the cases can be compared across countries and decades.
Why it matters
Censorship is usually told as a string of shocking anecdotes. The more interesting story is structural: every state draws a line somewhere, and where it draws that line — and how it enforces it — says something precise about what it fears.
Treating each ban as a documented case, with primary sources rather than rumour, is the whole point. The goal is an argument you can check, not a list you take on faith.
How each file is built
Find the ruling
Identify the actual decision and its source: an order, a board certificate, a studio memo, a penalty. No document, no claim.
Name the instrument
Sort it: banned, refused, cut, withdrawn or suppressed. The label has to be defensible.
Reconstruct the moment
What was happening when the line was drawn? The politics around the film is half the case.
Say what it means
Move from “this happened” to “this is what it tells us.” One clear claim per file.
Show the sources
Every episode ships with a reference list in Keystone’s GB/T 7714 format, so the argument can be checked.
Who’s behind it
[name] — a secondary-school student researching politics, history and cinema. [One or two honest lines: what drew you to this, what you’re trying to learn. Replace this.]
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Corrections welcome — if a file gets something wrong, write in and it gets fixed, on the record.