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When a language dies, a unique vision of the world is lost forever. Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Elder 1 Menzeleli Majola Elder 2 Gamelihle Bovana Edit Storyline Xolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood.
Edit Details Official Sites: South Africa Germany Netherlands France. Edit Did You Know? Trivia The Wound deals with the traditional Xhosa initiation into manhood.
All actors cast were first language Xhosa speakers with direct experience of the initiation. Connections Featured in Front Row: The film had its world premiere as the closing night film at Cannes Directed and written by Terry Gilliam, the film is co-written by Tony [ More Reviews Film Review: Writer-creator Lena Waithe and actor Brian Tyree Henry will present a quarter of a million dollars in filmmaker grants come January as hosts of the annual Independent Spirit Awards nominee brunch.
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Xhosa, English dialogue Official Site: However, other media covering the same topic, like Nelson Mandela 's Long Walk to Freedom , have not received similar criticism, leading to accusations that complaints about the film are instead motivated by homophobia. A day after the film's release in South Africa, cinemas in the Eastern Cape province were forced to cancel screenings of the film and offer refunds because of protests, intimidation and vandalism.
Nu Metro Cinemas subsequently cancelled screenings countrywide, while Ster-Kinekor continued to show it outside of the Eastern Cape.
The film's producers filed complaints with the Human Rights Commission and the Commission for Gender Equality over threats and violence. X18 is the rating reserved for hardcore pornography , although Inxeba contains none, and meant that distribution was limited to premises licensed to show pornography, resulting in the film's removal from all South African cinemas.
Urucu Media, the producers of Inxeba, and the SA Screen Federation intended to challenge the film's X18 rating in court, on the basis that they were denied an opportunity to make representation to the Tribunal, and that the Appeal Tribunal's decision is incompatible with the principles of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Wound Film poster.
Sep 15, Rating: The story Xolani, a lonely factory worker, joins the men of his community in the mountains of the Eastern Cape to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood. Audible Download Audio Books. Even without these complicating factors, the spectacle of circumcision is startling. When a defiant initiate from the city discovers his best-kept secret, Xolani's entire existence begins to unravel. Susana Guzman De la O.
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