CinemaOSMovie · 2018 · 1h 45m · NR

Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana

71%(9)IMDbDocumentary

Florida, 1994. Artist Mike Diana is convicted on an obscenity charge in the wake of an undercover police officer purchasing his limited edition zine Boiled Angel. Here is the very unusual story of what led to this First Amendment debacle happening for the first time in the United States.

Directed byFrank Henenlotter

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
EN
Released
March 31, 2018

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Mike Diana

Jello Biafra

Jello Biafra

Narrator

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

Stuart Baggish

Prosecuting Attorney

Luke Lirot

Defense Attorney

Christopher Marone

Assistant State Attorney

Evan Bacon

TV Newscaster

Peter Bagge

Stephen Bissette

Robyn Chapman

Creative team
Directed by
Frank Henenlotter
Frank Henenlotter
Produced by
Mike Hunchback
Anthony Sneed

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