Kenya film board bans gay documentary, llg "an afont" | Rters

Contents:

• 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. 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.

KENYA FILM BOARD BANS GAY DOCUMENTARY, LLG "AN AFONT"

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.

KFCB BANS GAY-THEMED FILM ‘BADHAAI DO’

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.

KFCB BANS GAY-THEMED FILM ‘I AM SAMUEL’

"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.

KFCB BANS GAY THEMED FILM I AM SAMUEL, SAYS S MEANG TO CHRISTIANY

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,.

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KFCB IMPOS A BAN ON GAY-THEMED INDIAN FILM BADHAAI DO

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.

KENYANS EXPRS MIXED REACTNS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER KFCB BANS GAY FILM I AM SAMUEL

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.

KENYA: KFCB BANS A FILM THAT PROMOT GAY UPLE

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.