Protesters outside “Deep Throat” on Seventh Avenue, NYC
 
The history of American film is also a history of protest. As long as movies have been made there have been controversial titles that have caused certain groups to voice their disapproval in the form of picketing and boycotts.

Collected here are several examples of protests outside of American movie theaters. The protesters span the political spectrum, from left to right.

Arguably, art isn’t art unless its pissing someone off.
 

We assume she’s protesting Monty Python’s “Life Of Brian,” though “Skatetown USA” was also fairly blasphemous.
 

Protesters outside of Walt Disney’s 1975 film “One Of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing,” picketing the stereotyping of Asians in films.
 
Many more movie protests, after the jump…