Mixed news update on the ongoing saga over a Zombie ‘porn’ film and its apparently illegal screening in Australia today:

Festival was ordered to pay a fine as punishment for illegally screening LA Zombie, starring gay porn model François Sagat, The Advocate reports.

Richard Wolstencroft faced a two-year prison sentence and maximum fine of $28,668 for showing the film in public after Classification Australia refused to grant it classification, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The magistrate granted a diversionary order — a fine of $750 to be paid to the Royal Children’s Hospital — rather than a recorded conviction.

The ZRC, while grateful that Wolstencroft didn’t actually get years in prison for daring to show a *movie*, still completely and utterly condemns this vicious act of censorship. To those fans of ‘Mighty Car Mods’ who have questioned why the Zombie Rights Campaign focused on Australia when discussing their video about ‘Zombie-proofing’ a car: this is why. Your country is a hotbed of Anti-Zombie bigotry and at the cutting edge of restricting the artistic freedom of the Zombie Community.

We’ve covered this story before on the ZRC blog, here and here.

Tags: Movies, Social Justice

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