Inxeba (The Wound) is a movie that resisted an ongoing campaign to be banned and won 6 awards at the South African Film and Television Awards including the most important one: the Best Film.
Apparently, some traditional leaders were against a movie depicting gay love. In fact, there is still a request to classify the movie as “adult” and give it an X18 rating. The producers have been fighting this classification, but in the meantime, they can enjoy their 6 awards.
Steven Budlender, who’s representing the producers, said that it is unheard that a film is given an x-rating without hearing from the producers.
In addition, he maintains that if 3 of the last 6 sex scenes would have been deleted from the movie the story would make no sense.
Congratulations to Inxeba (The Wound), Urucu Media for winning the Golden Horn Award for Best Feature Film @TheWound_SAfilm #SAFTAs12 #OurStoriesAreGold pic.twitter.com/Z91CzarNtX
— SAFTAS (@SAFTAS1) March 24, 2018
