Anger was arrested on obscenity charges following the release of Fireworks.
The raid was staged after a grand jury indicted the center and its director on obscenity charges.
Upon release of the work, Anger was arrested on obscenity charges.
He has been indicted on obscenity charges in connection with seven of the Mapplethorpe photographs.
The center and its director were later tried - and acquitted - on obscenity charges.
Afterwards, several parents threatened to file criminal obscenity charges against the park.
This was the first time that an actor had been prosecuted by the federal government on obscenity charges.
The arts center where they are being shown and the center's director have been indicted on obscenity charges.
Fifteen years have passed since he struck a deal with the federal government to make a collection of obscenity charges go away.
The resulting obscenity charges against him were the first of many instances where his art provoked legal problems.