Kenya has banned a documentary about a gay Kenyan man's stggle to be accepted by his fay and untry, sayg was blasphemo and an afont to the nstutn.
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- KFCB BANS GAY-THEMED FILM DUBBED: I AM SAMUEL
- KENYA FILM BOARD BANS GAY DOCUMENTARY, LLG "AN AFONT"
- KFCB BANS GAY-THEMED FILM ‘BADHAAI DO’
- KFCB BANS GAY-THEMED FILM ‘I AM SAMUEL’
- KFCB BANS GAY THEMED FILM I AM SAMUEL, SAYS S MEANG TO CHRISTIANY
- KFCB IMPOS A BAN ON GAY-THEMED INDIAN FILM BADHAAI DO
- KENYANS EXPRS MIXED REACTNS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER KFCB BANS GAY FILM I AM SAMUEL
- KENYA: KFCB BANS A FILM THAT PROMOT GAY UPLE
KFCB BANS GAY-THEMED FILM DUBBED: I AM SAMUEL
The Kenya Film Classifitn Board today banned a gay-themed film tled: I am Samuel. The Board rtricted this film om showg wh the Republic of Kenya bee of the producer’s clear and liberate attempt to promote same-sex marriage agenda as an acceptable way of life. * kfcb bans gay film *
The Kenya Film Classifitn Board today banned a gay-themed film tled: I am Samuel. This attempt is evint through the repeated nfsns by the gay uple that what they feel for each other is normal and should be embraced as a way of life, as well as the characters’ body language, cludg scen of kissg of two male lovers. The documentary ultimately featur marriage of two men, and nclus wh the ditn of the film to the gay muny.
Christopher Wambua observed that the film blatantly vlat Article 165 of the Penal Co that outlaws homosexualy as well as the provisns of the Films and Stage Plays Act Cap 222 of the laws of Kenya. CEO further noted that Sectn 165 of the Penal Co outlaws homosexualy, addg that any films or broadst ntent appearg to legalize, advote, normalize or glorify the act ntraven the laws and is, therefore, unacceptable as well as meang to Christiany as two gay men the film purport to nduct a relig marriage vokg the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spir. Wambua said the Board is aware of efforts by some producers to promote gay-themed ntent that propagat same sex marriage ntrary to Kenya’s beliefs and norms, statg that any attempt to exhib, distribute, broadst or posss the rtricted film wh the Republic of Kenya shall be met wh the full force of the law.
24 story rrects paragraph 9 to remove reference to Rafiki beg nomated for an Osr)Kenya has banned a documentary about a gay Kenyan man's stggle to be accepted by his fay and untry, sayg was blasphemo and an afont to the Kenya Film Classifitn Board (KFCB) announced a prohibn on the exhibn, distributn, posssn or broadst of "I am Samuel, " on Thursday.
KENYA FILM BOARD BANS GAY DOCUMENTARY, LLG "AN AFONT"
* kfcb bans gay film *
"We will try and appeal but I am really disappoted bee I was lookg forward to engagg wh fellow Kenyans" on LGBTQ issu, he 's team followed Samuel - a relig, optimistic gay man, as he navigated his sexualy and his relatnships a untry where homosexualy is outlawed.
When his father disvers that he is gay, he is disowned and grows worried that his fay might have paid people to "teach him a lson. It was also an afont to the nstutn, which difi marriage as heterosexual, the statement cisn three years after KFCB banned "Rafiki, " a film about two women fallg love, sayg that promoted was fictn, whereas "I am Samuel" is a documentary - a distctn the team had hoped would enable s release unr prs eedoms but so far has a lonial-era law, gay sex Kenya is punishable by 14 years prison. has reerated that all movi ntag LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual,.
KFCB BANS GAY-THEMED FILM ‘BADHAAI DO’
The Kenya Film and Classifitn Board (KFCB) has reerated that LGBTQ+( lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer) ntent remas outlawed the untry. * kfcb bans gay film *
termed as s explic portrayal of homosexualy-related scen. accs to homosexual ntent was rtricted. If there is any ntent that normaliz, glorifi same-sex relatnships, our posn Kenya has always been to rtrict and not to broadst, exhib or distribute that kd of ntent wh the borrs of the untry, " he said an terview wh Spice ntued by sayg that agreements reached outsi of Kenya have limed the amount of ntent that n be viewed the prev years, he claimed, they had outlawed a number of Kenyan-ma films wh LGBTQ+ year ago, the KFCB forba the 52-mute film I am Samuel due to s homosexualy-related Board noted that "rtricted" this suatn meant that was illegal to show, distribute, own, or transm the movie si the Republic of Kenya.
The Kenya Films and Classifitns Board (KFCB) has announced a ban of gay-themed film Badhaai Do. KFCB said Kenya had rerd an flux gay-themed ntent, ntrary to the beliefs and norms of the society. The Kenyan documentary was directed by Peter Murimi who tend to nvey a poignant rilience of a brave gay uple.
In a prs statement by KFCB, they expla that the film shows scen of a gay uple makg appear as a normal way of life. This attempt is evint through the repeated nfsns by the gay uple that what they feel for each other is normal and should be embraced, as well as the characters’ body language, cludg scen of kissg of two male lovers. The documentary ultimately featur the marriage of two men and nclus wh the ditn of the film to the gay muny.
KFCB BANS GAY-THEMED FILM ‘I AM SAMUEL’
The Kenya Films and Classifitns Board bans a gay-themed film 'I Am Samuel' for promotg same-sex marriage and floutg Films and Stage Plays Act * kfcb bans gay film *
The statement wd up by statg that: on this 23rd day September 2021, the Board hereby pronounc the 52-mute gay-themed film tled: I AM SAMUEL, as rtricted. The Board’s Actg Chief Executive, Christopher Wambua, stated a statement on Thursday that the picture obvly vlat Article 165 of the Penal Co, which prohibs homosexualy, as well as the l of Kenya’s Films and Stage Plays Act, Cap 222. “This attempt is evint through the repeated nfsns by the gay uple that what they feel for each other is normal and should be embraced as a way of life, as well as the characters’ body language, cludg scen of kissg of two male lovers, ” Wambua said on Thursday,.
“The documentary ultimately featur marriage of two men, and nclus wh the ditn of the film to the gay muny, ” Acrdg to KFCB, the film seeks to persua viewers that the elr generatn, which was earlier opposed to LGBTQ+, is gradually g around and acceptg same-sex marriage as a normal way of life.
Through a statement, the Board said the film’s ntent attempted to normalise same-sex marriage as an acceptable way of life, vlatg Article 165 of the Penal and the Films and Stage Plays Act Cap 222, which outlaws homosexualy.
KFCB BANS GAY THEMED FILM I AM SAMUEL, SAYS S MEANG TO CHRISTIANY
KFCB also adds that the 52-mute film shows two gay men nductg a relig marriage, termg blasphemo. * kfcb bans gay film *
KFCB also adds that the 52-mute film, directed by Samuel Murimi, shows two gay men nductg a relig marriage, termg blasphemo.
KFCB IMPOS A BAN ON GAY-THEMED INDIAN FILM BADHAAI DO
Kenyans have exprsed mixed reactns over the cisn by the Kenya Film Classifitn Board's cisn to ban a lol gay documentary lled I Am Samuel. * kfcb bans gay film *
“Worse still, the productn is meang of Christiany as two gay men the film purport to nduct a relig marriage vokg the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spir. KFCB further sound a warng to other producers attemptg to promoted gay-themed films the untry, addg that vlatg the law uld rult legal issu. “The law has vted KFCB wh the rponsibily of classifyg all film ntent tend for public exhibn and while unrtakg this mandate the board has noted an crease d-visual ntent that seeks to normalize gay them and iologi, ” Actg KFCB CEO Christopher Wambua told news reported on Monday.
“The gay and lbian characters film explicly seek to normalize their feelgs for each other and ultimately nvce the fai to embrace and empathize wh them.
The multiple scen of lbian and gay affectn picted the film are plete disregard of our cultural valu and beliefs, ” Wambua stated. The ban follows a siar one imposed 2021 when the d-visual ntent regulatory agency banned a gay-themed film tled ‘I am Samuel’ cg the producer’s “clear and liberate attempt to promote same-sex marriage agenda as an acceptable way of life.
KENYANS EXPRS MIXED REACTNS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER KFCB BANS GAY FILM I AM SAMUEL
The Kenya Film Classifitn Board has banned a 52-mute film, I am Samuel, cg a homosexualy a statement released on Thursday, the Board stated that the film vlat Article 165 of the Penal Co that outlaws homosexualy as well as the provisns of the Films and Stage Plays Act Capp 222 of the laws of Kenya. "This attempt is evint through the repeated nfsns by the gay uple that what they feel for each other is normal and should be embraced as a way of life, as well as the characters' body language, cludg scen of kissg of two male lovers, " the Board Board add that the film tri to fluence the viewer to believg that the olr generatn that was once agast LGBTQ+ is slowly buyg to the practice and acceptg same sex marriage as a normal way of documentary ultimately featur marriage of two men and nclud wh the ditn of the film to the gay Board further stated that the productn is meang of Christiany as two gay men the film purport to nduct a relig marriage vokg the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spir.
KENYA: KFCB BANS A FILM THAT PROMOT GAY UPLE
Through a statement released on Thursday, KFCB said the film is not suable for viewg by the Kenyan statement add that the film attempts to normalise same-sex marriage as an acceptable way of life, vlatg Article 165 of the Penal and the Films and Stage Plays Act Cap 222 that outlaws homosexualyKFCB also add that the 52-mute film directed by Samuel Murimi shows two gay men nductg a relig marriage, termg blasphemo. "Worse still, the productn is meang of Christiany as two gay men the film purport to nduct a relig marriage vokg the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spir.