This Kenyan Filmmaker Didn’t Want Her LGBT Film Banned – So She Took the Matter to Court

Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?

While people in the United States and most of the Western world have grown accustomed to seeing love stories of all sizes, shapes, and types – including those that feature same-sex couples – depicted on the big screen, this story is a stark reminder of the uphill battle those communities can face in other cultures.

Recently, Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu saw her internationally acclaimed independent film, Rafiki, banned in her home country because of its content. The film features two young women from opposing political backgrounds who fall in love, a storyline that was deemed inappropriate by the Kenya Film Classification Board back in April for “promoting lesbianism.”

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