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INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD
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Directed by Wash Wtmoreland, who is gay, Keira Knightley embodi the pansexual bohemian femist who stepped out of her hband's shadow to bee the most famo female French thor the film chronicl Colette's rise to fame as she leav behd her untry upbrgg to bee the toast of Paris along wh her hband, Willy (Domic Wt), who spurs her to chronicle her life for his lerary factory where only his moniker appears on everythg that's published. Origally banned by the homophobic head of Kenya's Film Classifitn Board, Ezekiel Mutua, bee he alleged would "promote lbianism, " the film enjoyed massive dienc when the ban was lifted for a brief time orr to make eligible for the foreign-language Amy Award.
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