I Am Curious (Yellow) (Yellow) is filmed by Vilgot Sjöman, who was assistant director of Ingmar Bergman, released in 1967 when radical left-wing student activism and political aesthetics were sweeping across Europe. The film follows Lena, a theater student who has a strong interest in history and social issues, as she poses various political and social questions about race, class, and labor. During this journey, Lena meets a man named Bill through her father and starts dating him, only to discover that he has another woman and even a child. I Am Curious (Yellow) exemplifies mid-20th century European political modernism in the style of cinéma vérité. However, it became a world sensation with its explicit sexual images when it was released in the United States two years later. The Boston Police Department impounded the film and banned its screening, resulting in a legal battle that garnered national attention. In 1971, the Second Circuit acquitted the film of obscenity charges, clearing its name. Despite this, the controversy had already made the film a massive success, grossing over $20 million in North America in its first year of release and sparking debates about pornography in 1970s America. (Jin PARK)