简介：Fact-basedstoryaboutthecourtproceedingsthatfollowedCincinnatiartmuseumdirectorDennisBarrieafterhisdecisiontodisplayacontroversialartexhibitbyphotographerRobertMapplethorpe.TheproceedingsstartwithaninflamedCountySheriffwhoisdeterminedtoputBarrieinjail.Agrandjuryestablishedtodeterminewhetherthesexuallyexplicitphotographswereobscenefoundsevenofthepicturestopossiblybeobscene.Thesevenpicturesdepictednudechildren,amanramminghisfistupanotherman'sanus,andmanwithhisfingerinhispenis.Otherpicturesintheexhibitdiddepictexplicitnudityandsexualconnotation.Anobviouslybiasedjudgemadederisivedecisionsthroughoutthetrial.ThestrainofthetrialalsoplacedBarrie'smarriageunderduress,whichultimatelyledtohiswifedivorcinghim,andledtoBarrie'schildrenbeingderidedandphysicallyattackedbytheirclassmates.…