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Director Lois Weber was able to get away with having full nudity in a 1915 Hollywood film by having the naked actress play an allegorical figure, The Naked Truth, exposing religious hypocrisy (Hypocrites)

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Lois Weber's Hypocrites is remarkable for a movie released in 1915, not just for its use of (allegorical) nudity, but also for its innovation and technical virtuosity. You won't find a lot of other 103-year-old movies that look anything like this

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Sex in Chains (1928) was a German film that advocated for prison reform, including for allowing inmates to have conjugal visits

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À propos de Nice (1930) is a silent short documentary film directed by Jean Vigo

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