. ▁If ▁more ▁time ▁had ▁been ▁put ▁into ▁research ing ▁the ▁history ▁and ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁artifact ▁instead ▁of ▁extr aneous ▁details ▁and ▁making ▁a ▁mock ery ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁involved , ▁the ▁true ▁meaning ▁and ▁purpose ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁ful fill led . ▁Al as , ▁the ▁riv eting ▁document ary ▁seem ingly ▁falls ▁on ▁de af ▁ears ▁as ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁such ▁a ▁find , ▁may ▁very ▁well ▁change ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁history ." ▁ ▁Rec ogn ition ▁ ▁Oxford ▁American ▁referred ▁to ▁Young ' s ▁film ▁Dan cing ▁Out law ▁as ▁" now - legend ary ", ▁and ▁wrote ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁b izar re , ▁ups et ting , ▁and ▁ultimately , ▁when ▁looked ▁at ▁from ▁a ▁certain ▁angle , ▁insp iring ▁document aries ▁to ▁have ▁emer ged ▁from ▁the ▁South , ▁or ▁from ▁anywhere , ▁in ▁recent ▁memory ." ▁▁▁ ▁In ▁writing ▁of ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁ret ros pective ▁of ▁Young ' s ▁works , ▁which ▁included ▁Dan cing ▁Out law , ▁Dan cing ▁Out law ▁ 2 , ▁" and ▁a ▁s izable ▁chunk ▁of ▁Young ' s ▁document ary ▁o e uv re ", ▁the ▁Austin ▁American - St ates man ▁wrote ▁" You ng ' s ▁special ty ▁is ▁fixing ▁his ▁camera ▁on ▁the ▁qu ir ky ▁human " ▁and ▁called ▁his ▁work ▁" life - is - n utt ier - than - f iction ▁films ". ▁ ▁Awards ▁and ▁nomin ations ▁▁▁