Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana
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.
Cast
Mike Diana
Jello Biafra
Narrator
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
Peter Kuper
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