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Kenyan Film Board Bans Documentary I Am Samuel About Gay Couple
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I Am Samuel is streaming on digital platforms
Given the controversies that surrounded the release and reception of Wanuri Kahiuâs Rafiki (2018) in its home country (where it was initially banned by the Kenyan Film Classification Board for its âclear intent to promote lesbianismâ), the emergence of another Kenyan film focusing on LGBTQ+ protagonists is to be welcomed in itself.
Unlike Kahiuâs portrait of two young women falling in love in Nairobi, Peter Murimiâs I Am Samuel is not a fiction feature, though. Rather, itâs a documentary focusing on a gay construction worker and netball coach as he attempts to negotiate parental expectations and a new relationship in the context of a deeply homophobic society in which same-sex acts remain criminalised. Modest in length and scope, the film takes a gentler approach than might be expected, and may be dismissed as too polite by some. However, what I Am Samuel lacks in bite, and in certai