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[Video] James Franco Voices Support for Banned LGBT Film ‘I Want Your Love’

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Photo: (Getty) James Franco , my future husband and star of upcoming Disney flick ” Oz the Great and Powerful “, isn’t happy about the current ban on a gay film from screening at Australian film festivals. “I Want Your Love,” directed by Travis Mathews, is the story of a gay man and his best friend in Los Angeles, and Franco recently took to YouTube to show his support for the film. + Watch: James Franco Voices His Support for LGBT Film “I Want Your Love” Although “I Want Your Love” was screened at the Toronto LGBT Film Festival, the Australian Classification Board has barred it from the upcoming Melbourne and Brisbane Queer Film Festivals, citing “explicit sexual activity.” “This is such a disappointment to me, and it just seems really silly,” says Franco.