Atlanta Documentary Film Festival 2026: "State of Nebraska v. Crotchy the Clown" (Day 2)

From the venue:

The Atlanta Documentary Film Festival returns March 19 - 22 at Synchronicity Theatre in Midtown Atlanta for our 21st annual celebration of documentary films.

This year’s program includes powerful investigative films, personal stories, and documentaries that are funny, surprising, and deeply human. Some films will challenge you. Others may make you laugh or see something in a new way. That range of tone is part of what makes documentary filmmaking so exciting.

For the first time, the festival will also present a separate collection of films online, March 23 - April 6, giving audiences another way to discover documentaries beyond the theater.

Join us in Atlanta for four days of remarkable nonfiction storytelling. If you can't make the live event, be sure to check out our online selections.

State of Nebraska v. Crotchy the Clown

Director Benjamin Radford - USA - 27 min. 

A clown named Crotchy who took to the Public Access airwaves to do standup comedy and review pornographic films. It was, ironically, one of the less offensive programs broadcast, but nevertheless he ran afoul of censors after choking his chicken on television. The free speech case ended up before the Nebraska Supreme Court - and that’s when things got weird.