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Although the United States "prides itself on" (is very proud of having or doing something) "freedom of speech" (the idea that there are no governmental controls over how people and the media express themselves), many movies have been "banned" (prohibited; forbidden; not allowed to be seen or sold).

Sometimes movies have been banned because people were "shocked" (surprised in a negative way) or made to feel uncomfortable by what they saw "on the screen" (in the film). For example, Scarface, a 1932 film, was banned because people thought it "glorified" (made something seem more glamorous or admirable than it actually is) "crime" (breaking the law) and "violence" (actions that hurt or kill others). And a 1954 "documentary" (a film that presents information about real life, not a movie for entertainment) called The Vanishing Prairie was banned in New York because it "depicted" (showed) the birth of a "buffalo" (a very large animal, similar to a bison or a very large bull).

Other films have been banned for religious reasons. For example, The Last Temptation of Christ was banned for six weeks because it told a very different, and for some people, very "disturbing" (troubling) story of Jesus Christ's life and final days. And Monty Python's Life of Brian was banned for "making fun of" (causing people to laugh at) Christianity.

A film called The Birth of a Nation is "heralded" (praised) for its "innovative" (new, better than previous versions) "cinematic" (related to movies) techniques, but it was banned for its "content" (what a movie or book is about) because it depicted the "Ku Klux Klan" (an organization of those who want only white people to have power and oppose equal rights for non-whites) as "heroes" (the good people in a story) and black people as "villains" (the bad people in a story).