Thailand: Film board bans 'Insects in the Backyard'

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Thailand: Film board bans 'Insects in the Backyard'
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
The Nation/Asia News Network

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20101223-254330.html   

The Culture Ministry's National Film Board yesterday banned the controversial gay-themed Thai film "Insects in the Backyard".

Of the 21 board members, 13 voted against the movie because they felt it was immoral and pornographic.

Only three members thought it should be approved.

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"Insects in the Backyard" is a drama about a ->-bleeped-<- father, played by Tanwarin, whose teenage daughter and son have a confused sense of their own sexuality, and both enter the sex trade.

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Thailand bans film about transgender father after director refuses to cut 'immoral' scenes

JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press

December 24, 2010, 2:39 a.m.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/wire/sns-ap-as-thailand-transgender-film-ban,0,6883918.story

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's film board has banned a movie about a transgender father struggling to raise two children, a move the director says highlights the conservative side of Thai society despite its freewheeling reputation.

The National Film Board ruled earlier this week that the film, "Insects in the Backyard," cannot be shown in Thailand because it contains scenes that are immoral and pornographic.