The Genesis Children

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The Genesis Children
Directed by	Anthony Aikman
Produced by	Billy Byars, Jr.
Written by	Anthony Aikman Billy Byars, Jr. Barbara Smith
Starring	Vincent Child Greg Hill Peter Glawson David Johnson Jack Good
Music by	Jerry Styner
Cinematography	Bill Dewar
Editing by	Jeremy Hoenack
Running time	85 mins
Country	U.S.
Language	English
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'The Genesis Children' is an art film made in 1972 by Lyric Productions, a company that specialized in photographing underage male nudes.^{[citation needed]} The movie is highly controversial due to extensive full nudity scenes of teenage and preteen boys.

The movie itself has been widely panned, though many critics praised the film's musical score.^{[citation needed]}

1 Synopsis
2 Controversy
3 Rating
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Synopsis

The plot of the movie is convoluted and rather loose. It concerns a priest who gathers together a group of boys, both American and European, and takes them to a beach on the Mediterranean Sea. There he has plans to stage a play based on the biblical book of Genesis.

Throughout the movie, the boys in question are frequently entirely nude and are shown frolicking in the surf, building shelters, driving a van and climbing up cliffs.

[edit] Controversy

The extensive amount of juvenile nudity has inspired more than a little controversy.^{[citation needed]} The film is now available on both VHS and DVD. It also frequently appears on eBay and Amazon.

[edit] Rating

The MPAA film classification database lists an X rating for the film.^[1]

"The Genesis Children is really a very benign film. It was only the cumulative amount of nudity and the closeup shots of the pelvic area that brought about the X decision. Even the violence of the scene in which the boys attack the bus is well within the R category," said Dr. Aaron Stern, director of MPAA's code and rating administration.^[2]