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Kenya has banned a film about two gay lovers branding the movie an 'affront to culture and identity' and 'demeaning of Christianity'.
Authorities on Thursday said the documentary was 'unacceptable and an affront to [the] culture and identity of the deeply Christian country which has long criminalised homosexuality.
Directed by a Kenyan filmmaker, 'I Am Samuel' depicts a romantic relationship between two men living in Nairobi and has aroused the ire of the country's censors for promoting 'same-sex marriage as an acceptable way of life'.
Kenya has banned film 'I am Samuel' about two gay lovers branding the movie an 'affront to culture and identity' and 'demeaning of Christianity'
Directed by a Kenyan filmmaker, 'I Am Samuel' depicts a romantic relationship between two men living in Nairobi and has aroused the ire of the country's censors for promoting 'same-sex marriage as an acceptable way of life' (pictured, still from the film)
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) said the documentary sought to propagate 'values that are in dissonance with our constitution, culture values and norms'.
'Worse still, the production is demeaning of Christianity as two gay men in the film purport to conduct a religious marriage invoking
