On July 26th, France discovered The Hand, an amazing Australian horror film highlighted by the A24 studio logo (which only acquired it, not released it). The film was released in the UAE the very next day and would soon be the same for Kuwait. But its distribution was banned on the ground.
The decision, the reasons for which “Unknown to date”As Hicham Alghanim, vice president of Kuwait National Film Company, notes.AFP. But Zoe Terrakes has a little idea of her own, as the non-binary transgender actress claims her presence in the cast is behind this censorship.
“Kuwait banned this movie just because of my name”We can read a Press release published on social network Condemning this conviction “dehumanization” and “aimed“. “Our film is not about queer themes. My trans and queer statuses are never mentioned in it.”
Zoe Terakes “In Hand”
“Imagination is hope. Imagination is the light at the end of the tunnel, the reason to keep going, the something to hold on to in the dark, the voice that whispers to us that things can be better than they are.”
“Removing trans actors from the screen will not erase trans people (although the Kuwaiti government wants it to), but it will take away a lot of hope. And there is a lot of hope in our lives as marginalized people.”
Removing trans actors from the screen won’t erase trans people, but it will take away a lot of hope
A few months after Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse, which was also censored for flagging visible transgender people in Gwen Stacy’s world, The Hand knows the same ban. and distributors and manufacturers, with the help of Their companies, Bankside Films and Causeway Films, did not hesitate to help with the translation.
“We stand in solidarity with Zoe Terrakes following Kuwait’s decision to ban The Hand”they say in a press release. Zoe has written her own statement, which we fully support and are extremely proud to have her in the film.
Currently starring in La Main, which is nearing the 200,000 mark in France, Zoe Terakes will be joining the cast of Marvel’s Ironheart, a spin-off of the character introduced in Black Panther 2 last year. But his role has not yet been fulfilled. disclosed.
Source: Allocine
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