Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant

Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant

Documentary | July 6, 2023

Explores the salacious career of mysterious British filmmaker and distributor David Hamilton-Grant, who was the only supplier to be sent to prison for releasing a "video nasty". Hamilton-Grant navigated loopholes in the law in the 70s in order to produce and screen smut in an extremely censorship restricted Britain. When the home video boom hit in the 80s he was one of the first to capitalize on the initially far less regulated format... but he would pay the price. Then things get really dark and strange

Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant

Documentary | July 6, 2023

Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant
Explores the salacious career of mysterious British filmmaker and distributor David Hamilton-Grant, who was the only supplier to be sent to prison for releasing a "video nasty". Hamilton-Grant navigated loopholes in the law in the 70s in order to produce and screen smut in an extremely censorship restricted Britain. When the home video boom hit in the 80s he was one of the first to capitalize on the initially far less regulated format... but he would pay the price. Then things get really dark and strange
Producers
Original title Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant
Directors Sarah Appleton
Writers

Cast

David Grant

as Self (archive footage)

Jack Davenport

as Narrator (voice)