“I believe that the time has come to admit that the kind of legislation that permits a body of non-elected, faceless individuals to decide what the Bahamian citizen should be able to see is fundamentally obsolete,” [1] writes Nicolette Bethel in an article questioning the usefulness of the Bahamas Plays and Films Control Board, the organisation behind the banning of the film “Brokeback Mountain”.
Bahamas: Censorship
· Written by Georgia Popplewell
Categories: Caribbean, Bahamas, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Law