All of the film you are about to see is real,it begins.Nothing has been staged.In 1981, filmmakers Sheldon Renan and Academy Award® nominee Leonard Schrader (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, MISHIMA, BLUE COLLAR) created a graphic and provocative examination of Americas history withand penchant forsenseless violence, mass shootings and cold-blooded murder. It was condemned asexploitive and obscene(The New York Times), acclaimed asamong the most controversial documentaries in the history of cinema(Fantasia Festival), and never distributed, televised or made available for sale in the United States. Severin Films now presents this infamousshock docfully restored, uncut and loaded with exclusive Bonus Featuresincluding the even more unnerving Japanese version known as VIOLENCE U.S.A.which remains one of the most profoundly disturbing and still chillingly relevant documentary experiences of our time.English Language Version New 2k Scan From Original NegativeJapanese