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The wound is a breakthrough narrative a surprising, singular story told from an african perspective. 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. While travelling to the mountains with a group of young initiates, xolanis life is turned upside down when his forbidden love is discovered. But after watching inxeba the wound this week, i realised that none of these people had actually seen the movie. Queer south african film the wound earns praise globally. On this episode we talk about two award winning, highly acclaimed african films from 2017.
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A thought provoking and at times sensual movie set in the tribal culture of rural south africa. Inxeba is a 2017 south african drama film directed by john trengove. The wellinformed commentator phil mphela revealed that the film is only streaming in the us, and is not available local viewing. This film has won numerous international awards and was south africas official entry for the oscars, but did not make the shortlist. The movie is shot in a way that all scenes featuring what i imagine to be actual initiation rites are presented tastefully. So many of you have asked if there was a way to completely remove the video thumbnails from. Following a group of teenage boys as they endure a traditional initiation ceremony to. The film, which focuses an on the exploration of tradition. It shows the journey to manhood, and documents the ins and outs of the initiation process. Stream in hd download in hd stream in hd download in. A traditional rite of passage is the catalyst for exploring conflicting notions of what it means to be a man in the wound. It was screened in the world cinema dramatic competition at the 2017 sundance film festival and the panorama section of the 67th berlin international film festival. Inxeba is essentially an intersectional story about three xhosa men that is told in the setting of the mountains of the eastern cape during a period of the male xhosa initiation, which is referred to as ulwaluko. Urgent and original, john trengoves the wound is a truly deserving.
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