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Fifty Years of ‘Behind the Green Door,’ the Groundbreaking Porn Film That Upset the Supreme Court

A LOOK BACK

The Mitchell brothers’ porn masterpiece, featuring the first mainstream “interracial” sex scene in adult cinema, turns 50 this year. And it’s a fascinating cultural artifact.

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