Colorization: Not a Black-and-White Issue

Colorization has touched of a fierce debate in Hollywood this past year, culminating in a congressional proposal to halt the controversial practice of adding color to black-and-white movies. Following a hearing on Capital Hill at which Woody Allen, Milos Forman, Sydney Pollack, Ginger Rogers, and others testified about the artistically destructive nature of this process, Rep. Richard Gephardt introduced a Film Integrity Act of 1987 to protect old films.