Culture and film – where exactly do you draw the line and is it necessary?
The debate around the award-winning move, Inxeba (The Wound), on
whether it is appropriate culturally is still going on. The movie touches on
Xhosa curcumsion, gay relationships and more. And I see that the
chairperson of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the
Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL), Thoko
Mkhwanazi-Xaluva, has raised concerns about the film complaining about
its strong, blasphemous language and statements. This is after she received
complaints from a chief in the Eastern Cape
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