Kuwait censors ban the hit supernatural horror Talk to Me due to its inclusion of nonbinary trans masculine actor Zoe Terakes.
on the matter, saying, ”This isn’t the first film Kuwait has banned. If there are queer or trans themes or scenes in your film, it’s probably not gonna make it to the Gulf. Which is devastating and terrifying in its own right. But our film doesn’t have queer themes. Our film doesn’t actually ever mention my transness, or my queerness. I am a trans actor who happened to get the role. I’m not a theme. I’m a person. Kuwait has banned this film due to my identity alone. Reportedly, this is a first.
Terakes goes on to express concern for the trans and queer people of Kuwait. They also encourage people to donate to theTalk to Me Producers Issue Statement of Solidarity Talk to Me producer Causeway Films and sales agents Bankside Films issued a joint statement on the ban and lent their support to Zoe Terakes.
“We stand in solidarity with Zoe Terakes following the decision by Kuwait to ban the film Talk to Me,” wrote Causeway and Bankside. “Zoe has made their own statement, which we fully support, and we are immensely proud of their involvement in the film.” Talk to Me has been taking the movie world by storm, with success all over the world for the supernatural horror movie. There’s talk of a
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