
Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant (2023)
Documentary
Explores the salacious career of mysterious British filmmaker and distributor David Hamilton-Grant, who was the only supplier to be sent to prison for releasing a "video nasty". Hamilton-Grant navigated loopholes in the law in the 70s in order to produce and screen smut in an extremely censorship restricted Britain. When the home video boom hit in the 80s he was one of the first to capitalize on the initially far less regulated format... but he would pay the price. Then things get really dark and strange.
Director: Sarah Appleton
The Cast

David Hamilton-Grant
Self (archive footage)

Jack Davenport
Narrator (voice)

Françoise Pascal
Self

Cheryl Gilham
Self

Julian Petley
Self

Kate Egan
Self

Antony I. Ginnane
Self

Derek Malcolm
Self

David Flint
Self

Clive Godden
Self

David McGillivray
Self

Marianne Morris
Self

Vic Pratt
Self

Brendan Price
Self

Fiona Richmond
Self

Geoffrey Robertson
Self

Derek Malcolm
Self (archive footage)

Mary Whitehouse
Self (archive footage)
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