The Wound

The story

Eastern Cape, South Africa. A lonely factory worker, Xolani, takes time off his job to assist during an annual Xhosa circumcision initiation into manhood. In a remote mountain camp that is off limits to women, young men, painted in white ochre, recuperate as they learn the masculine codes of their culture. In this environment of machismo and aggression, Xolani cares for a defiant initiate from Johannesburg, Kwanda, who quickly learns Xolani's best kept secret, that he is in love with another man.

Cast

N NakhaneXolani B Bongile MantsaiVija N Niza Jay NcoyiniKwanda T Thobani MseleniBabalo G Gabriel MiniKhwalo Z Zwelakhe MtsakaElder 1 M Menzeleli MajolaElder 2 G Gamelihle BovanaSicelo H Halalisani Bradley CebekhuluLukas I Inga QwedeNcedo S Sibabalwe NgqayanaZuko S Siphosethu NgcetaneNkosi

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L Luyanda L. VunqoDompas T Thando MhlontloNinja A Anga NtsepeLesego H Hellman HlomukaVija's Initiate L Loyiso 'Lloyd' NgqayanaVija's Initiate Z Zimi BanisiVija's Initiate L Luxolo NgqungeCaregiver R Refiloe RamatlapengCaregiver M Monde BambeloCaregiver J Jan BloxhamWhite Farmer C Caswell Sabelo MabonaCommunity Man M Mpho DiamondCommunity Man