Inxeba (The Wound) has been ‘unbanned’ and will be back on mainstream cinema screens from Friday, 9 March. The Inxeba filmmakers were in court today, 6 March, for the urgent application brought by Webber Wentzel on behalf of the film’s producers and distributors, to ask the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to overturn its X18 rating. The film, about a gay relationship set in the context of a Xhosa initiation ceremony, was pulled from cinemas after being slapped with an 18X classification. Upon appearing in court today, the filmmakers heard that the matter is postponed to 28 March. The movie is however allowed to be screened with an 18 rating in the meantime.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 06, 2018 09:21 UTC