The much-controversial local production, ‘Inxeba (The Wound)’ was served with good news today after an appeal on the reclassification of the film to X18 was taken to court.
At the North Gauteng High Court, Judge Raulinga ruled that the Appeal Tribunal process for Inxeba (The Wound) was legally flawed, and should be reviewed and set aside. Now this means the film will no longer be classified as hardcore pornography.
On twitter, the film account posted:
We are delighted that that the Court upheld the contentions that the Appeal Tribunal’s decision was unlawful and invalid and that this vindicates the position taken by the film team all along.
Brimming with sex and violence, Inxeba (The Wound) is an exploration of tradition and sexuality set amid South Africa’s Xhosa culture.
Every year, the tribe’s young men are brought to the mountains of the Eastern Cape to participate in an ancient coming-of-age ritual. Xolani, a quiet and sensitive factory worker (played by openly gay musician Nakhane Touré), is assigned to guide Kwanda, a city boy from Johannesburg sent by his father to be toughened up, through this rite of passage into manhood. As Kwanda defiantly negotiates his queer identity within this masculine environment, he quickly recognizes the nature of Xolani’s relationship with fellow guide Vija.
BREAKING: Judge Raulinga finds that Appeal Tribunal process for #Inxeba reclassification was legally flawed, and should be reviewed and set aside.
As a consequence, #Inxeba porn classification is overturned.— Karyn Maughan (@karynmaughan) June 28, 2018
We are delighted that that the Court upheld the contentions that the Appeal Tribunal's decision was unlawful and invalid and that this vindicates the position taken by the film team all along. #Inxeba
— Inxeba (The Wound) (@TheWound_SAfilm) June 28, 2018
We want to personally thank Webber Wentzel and our incredible legal team; Dario Milo, Steven Budlender, Matseleng Lekoane and Lavanya Pillay, as well as our distributor, Helen Kuun of Indigenous Film Distribution.
— Inxeba (The Wound) (@TheWound_SAfilm) June 28, 2018
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