The Wound (2017)
The Wound
”A lonely factory worker travels to the mountains to initiate boys into manhood, but a city boy discovers his secret.”
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Using the ritual of an African ethnic group as a backdrop, the movie discusses inequality, racism, violence, and the search for identity in a context of masculinity-building - where homosexuality has no place. 'The Initiates' is sensitive, delicate and great to get to know another culture. At times, the production reminds one of the award-winning 'Moonlight: Under the Moonlight'.
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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. When a defiant initiate from the city discovers his best-kept secret, Xolani's entire existence begins to unravel.
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