Kenya, like many other countries, has a set of rules and regulations that govern the kind of content that can be shown in its movie theaters. However, there are a few movies that have been banned in Kenya due to their controversial content. In this article, we will highlight five movies that have been banned in Kenya.
- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) – This Martin Scorsese-directed film features Leonardo DiCaprio as the real-life stockbroker Jordan Belfort. The movie depicts Belfort’s rise from a penny stockbroker to a multimillionaire living a life filled with drugs, sex, and luxury. The movie was banned in Kenya due to its explicit content, which was deemed as promoting immorality and moral decadence.
- Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) – Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, Fifty Shades of Grey is a movie about a young journalist who falls in love with a successful businessman. However, their relationship is far from conventional as it features BDSM activities. This controversial content caused the movie to be banned in Kenya, as the Kenyan Film Classification Board deemed it as promoting immorality and normalization of violence against women.
- The Da Vinci Code (2006) – This mystery thriller, based on the novel of the same name by Dan Brown, follows Robert Langdon, a symbology expert, as he tries to solve a murder and uncover a global conspiracy. The movie was banned in Kenya due to its perceived negative portrayal of Christianity and the Catholic Church.
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – This horror classic follows a group of friends who are terrorized by a family of cannibals in rural Texas. The movie’s depiction of violence, gore, and cannibalism, according to the Kenyan Film Classification Board, makes it unsuitable for screening in Kenya.
- 2012 (2009) – Directed by Roland Emmerich, this disaster film depicts the end of the world as we know it, as a global cataclysm threatens to wipe out humanity. The movie was banned in Kenya due to its portrayal of religious icons, which was deemed as offensive and blasphemous.
These five movies have been banned in Kenya due to their perceived controversial content, which has been deemed as promoting immorality, violence against women, offensive and blasphemous depictions of religious icons, and unsuitable for a Kenyan audience. It is important to note that the Kenyan Film Classification Board has a responsibility to ensure that the content shown in Kenya is in alignment with the country’s values and norms.
by: Hip-HopManiac