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The wound /

When Xolani, a quiet, sensitive, closeted factory worker returns home to be a guide in his tribe's coming-of-age circumcision ritual in the mountains, one of the initiates discovers his secret relationship with another guide, putting both of them at risk.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Inxeba (Motion picture)
Corporate Author: South Africa. Department of Trade and Industry (Contributor)
Other Authors: Trengove, John (Director) (Screenwriter), Mgqolozana, Thando (Screenwriter), Bengu, Malusi (Screenwriter), Touré, Nakhane (Actor), Mantsai, Bongile (Actor), Ncoyini, Niza Jay (Actor)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:Xhosa
Language Notes:Xhosa soundtrack; English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : Kino Lorber, Inc., [2017]
Subjects:
Xhosa (African people) > Rites and ceremonies > Drama.
Initiation rites > South Africa > Drama.
Gay men > South Africa > Drama.
Gay teenagers > South Africa > Drama.
Coming of age > South Africa.
South Africa > Drama.
Foreign films > South Africa.
Motion pictures, Xhosan.
Romance films.
Coming-of-age films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:When Xolani, a quiet, sensitive, closeted factory worker returns home to be a guide in his tribe's coming-of-age circumcision ritual in the mountains, one of the initiates discovers his secret relationship with another guide, putting both of them at risk.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.
Special features: interview with director John Trengove; "The goat", a short film by John Trengove; trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 1920X1080P; region A; 5.1 Digital DTS Surround; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Paul Özgür ; editor, Matthew Swanepoel ; music, João Orecchia ; story, John Trengove, Batana Vundla.