NEST Director In Police Custody Over Banned Film

‘The Stories of Our Lives’ is creating controversy each day in Kenya. After being banned by the Kenya Film Classification Board on what was seen as intentions to promote homosexuality in Kenya, the controversial film has landed the Nest director in trouble.

George Gachara, the Nest director landed himself in trouble after it was discovered that Nest continued to share and promote ‘The Stories of Our Lives’ on social media.

In the letter banning the film, KFCB had stated clearly that the film was controversial and was touching on a controversial sensitive issue in Kenya and needed not to be aired.

However, Mr. Gachara was later released on bond. In his biography, Gachara describes himself as a youth worker, an author, a designer of learning programs and a speaker. I am also a co-director at The Nest, a Global Fellow of the International Youth Foundation and the recipient of International Development Committee’s Outstanding Leadership Award (2011).

George Gachara

The Nest is a Kenyan multidisciplinary art space. They design programs and interventions that bring artists and audiences together to create new things.