A movie producer agreed to cut a particular scene out of an upcoming animated movie after receiving complaints. The scene in question contained what was constru. Leprosy groups expressed concern that the scene could increase the stigma and discrimination felt by people suffering from leprosy. The filmmaker will alter the scene “out of respect and [...]
Tag FD leprosy Nikki Jorgensen of Leprosy Mission Scotland (pictured) gave a presentation to Forfar Action of Churches on Sunday afternoon. World Leprosy Day will be celebrated in over 100 countries on the last Sunday in January. After complaints from leprosy support groups including Lepra Health in Action and the International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations [...]
Leprosy support groups have successfully campaigned for the removal of a gag in upcoming Aardman Animations film The Pirates! in which a victim of the disease loses a limb as a result of his condition. The Bristol-based company moved to remove the Once more bowing to pressure from the powerful leprosy lobby, Aardman Animations has [...]
The new claymation movie The Pirates!, the one by the Wallace & Gromit guys with Hugh Grant, have to take the funniest joke in the trailer out of the movie because it apparently offended some leprosy advocacy groups. The joke is about a guy's arm A movie producer agreed to cut a particular scene out [...]
