The Wound

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Series/Themes: The Black Experience, zCinema without Borders, zLGBTQIA+ Focus

Genre: Drama, International

Accessibility: Subtitles

Film Year: 2017

Locations: South Africa/Germany/Netherlands/France

Film Length: 88 min.

Director: John Trengove

Featuring: Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay Ncoyini.

Every year, young men of South Africa’s Xhosa culture venture into the mountains of the country’s Eastern Cape to participate in an ancient ritual bringing them into adulthood. When quiet, sensitive factory worker Xolani is assigned to queer-identifying guide Kwanda, who was sent by his father to be toughened up, he embarks on a rite of passage into manhood. As Kwanda defiantly expresses his queer identity within the hyper-masculine environment, he quickly recognizes the nature of Xolani’s relationship with fellow guide Vija. Born out of a desire to push back against clichéd stereotypes of black masculinity, this narrative fights against these assumptions by exposing new forms of African masculinity.

Supported by Cville Pride

Friday, November 10
6:45 PM
Downtown Mall : Violet Crown B
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Every year, young men of South Africa’s Xhosa culture venture into the mountains of the country’s Eastern Cape to participate in an ancient ritual bringing them into adulthood. When quiet, sensitive factory worker Xolani is assigned to queer-identifying guide Kwanda, who was sent by his father to be toughened up, he embarks on a rite of passage into manhood. As Kwanda defiantly expresses his queer identity within the hyper-masculine environment, he quickly recognizes the nature of Xolani’s relationship with fellow guide Vija. Born out of a desire to push back against clichéd stereotypes of black masculinity, this narrative fights against these assumptions by exposing new forms of African masculinity.

Supported by Cville Pride

 Downtown Mall : Violet Crown B Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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