The movie is a fact-based story about the court proceedings against Cincinnati art museum director Dennis Barrie, who was prosecuted for displaying a controversial art exhibit by Robert Mapplethorpe. The exhibit featured sexually explicit photographs, including depictions of nude children and explicit nudity, which led to a grand jury investigation and a trial. The trial was marked by a biased judge and a strained atmosphere that affected Barrie's personal life, ultimately leading to his divorce and the physical and verbal attacks on his children.
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The 1990 trial of a Cincinnati museum director centered around the exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's provocative photographs, which pushed boundaries of sexuality and S&M.
