Editing Powder (1995) (section)

==Controversy==
The film's production by Disney resulted in a controversy over the choice of writer-director [[Victor Salva]], who had been convicted of [[Child sexual abuse|molesting]] a 12-year-old child actor during the production of his directorial debut film, ''[[Clownhouse]]'' (1988). He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and released after 15 months. Disney officials reported that they learned of Salva's crime only after production of ''Powder'' had begun, and stressed that there were no minors on the set for the film.<ref name="Welkos">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-25-me-60848-story.html|title=Disney Movie's Director a Convicted Child Molester: Hollywood: He says, 'I paid for my mistakes dearly', but victim of incident several years ago urges boycott of 'Powder'.|last=Welkos|first=Robert|date=25 October 1995|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=6 March 2015}}</ref> When ''Powder'' was released, the victim, Nathan Forrest Winters, came forward again in an attempt to get others to boycott the film in protest of Disney's hiring Salva.<ref name="Welkos"/>