Tag: Netflix

U.S. Department of State Announces Arts Platforms to Strengthen the U.S. African Creative Economies

March 30, 2024

U.S. Department of State Announces Film, Music, and Television Platforms to Strengthen the U.S.-African Creative Economies,  Posted by Melanie Nathan, March 30, 2024. Office of the Spokesperson Last week while in Lagos, Nigeria, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield announced that the United States will elevate educational and cultural platforms … More U.S. Department of State Announces Arts Platforms to Strengthen the U.S. African Creative Economies

Melanie Nathan College Talks – Spring 2023 – The Lion, the Waterhole and The Wallet

February 2, 2023

Title of Talk: The Lion, the Waterhole and The Wallet –  Understanding Africa, Colonization of SOGIESC and Migration By Melanie Nathan: Executive Director of the African Human Rights Coalition, U.S.A. and Kenya. Link to BIO: https://www.melnathan.com/   (Bookings still open for Spring, Pride Season and the Fall: commissionermnathan@gmail.com) Apple, led by an openly Gay CEO, has a … More Melanie Nathan College Talks – Spring 2023 – The Lion, the Waterhole and The Wallet

Has Netflix Abandoned Kenya’s LGBTQ+ Community

October 11, 2022

By Melanie Nathan – What should American corporations such as Netflix do when the criminalization of LGBTQ+ people directly impedes their commitment to equity and inclusion and when they could be seen to be complicit in the criminalization of LGBTQ+ people? Should the public boycott a corporation that succumbs and operates under anti-homosexuality penal codes … More Has Netflix Abandoned Kenya’s LGBTQ+ Community

South Africa Aligns with LGBTI Censorship

March 18, 2016

South Africa’s Film and Publications Board, headed by Sipho Risibia,  has seen it fit to align itself with Kenya’s homophobic publications board, which regularly attacks the LGBTI community and the right to freedom of speech. Thanks to our friends at Mamba Online for alerting us to the  story about the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) … More South Africa Aligns with LGBTI Censorship