Lillian Hellman

Author Lillian Hellman's plays have been pulled from the shelves of Orange County Public School libraries in Orlando, Florida, victims of House Bill 1069--a bill restricting everything from pronoun use to sex education and other issues deemed offensive by Florida conservatives.

Barry Levitt writes about blacklisted writer Lillian Hellman's prescient The Children's Hour--a play that as he puts it, shows that the "grooming" narrative has deep roots in US culture. You can see the chilling trailer for William Wyler's film version here. 

Sometimes, getting on the television blacklist came down to having supported an event in the past, often many years ago.