‘Inxeba’ Has Been Banned From Mainstream Cinemas
Inxeba is now classified as an adult movie by the Film & Publications Board.
The Film & Publications Board of South Africa tweeted this morning that the South African movie Inxeba (The Wound) is now rated X18 "with the classifiable elements of Sex, Language, Nudity, Violence and Prejudice."
This was a decision by the FPB Appeal Tribunal, responding to an appeal based on applications lodged by CONTRALESA Gauteng and The Men and Boy Foundation.
The complaints, according to the FPB's tweets, were largely based on the perceived cultural insensitivity and distortion of the Xhosa circumcision tradition (ulwaluko), [and] strong language in the film.
The movie was previously rated 16 LS and was showing in normal cinemas since last February 2. But it now cannot be shown in mainstream cinemas, but "designated adult premises."
URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Film and Publication Board (FPB) Appeal Tribunal has overturned the classification rating of 16 LS given to the film Inxeba – The Wound and gave it a rating of X18 with the classifiable elements of Sex, Language, Nudity, Violence and Prejudice.
— FPB (@FPB_ZA) 14 February 2018
The reasons for the decision of the Appeals Tribunal are to be shared once they have been finalized and furnished by the Tribunal.
— FPB (@FPB_ZA) 14 February 2018
A rating of X18 means that the material can only be distributed from designated adult premises. This means the film cannot be screened in cinemas or any other platform that is not a designated adult premise as defined by the Film and Publications Act no 96 of 1996 as amended
— FPB (@FPB_ZA) 14 February 2018
The Chairperson of the Appeals Tribunal in consultation with other tribunal members agreed to hear the appeal based on applications lodged by CONTRALESA Gauteng and The Men and Boy Foundation.
— FPB (@FPB_ZA) 14 February 2018
The complaints were largely based on the perceived cultural insensitivity and distortion of the Xhosa Circumcision tradition (Ulwaluko), strong language in the film.
— FPB (@FPB_ZA) 14 February 2018
What's odd about this announcement however is that the FBP, in the series of tweets, didn't give any substantial reasons for this shift. "The reasons for the decision of the Appeals Tribunal are to be shared once they have been finalized and furnished by the Tribunal."
Inxeba (The Wound), however, isn't that harsh, and the sex scenes aren't as explicit.
People on Twitter aren't pleased.
That's saying it is a porn movie? You guys are smoking something.
— Mashdenny (@mashdenny) 14 February 2018
Please reclassify 50 Shades. It is culturally insensitive and a distortion of the heterosexual S&M tradition and has really poor acting and dialogue pic.twitter.com/5XVxmHoJQa
— Cloudy with a chance of Wayne... (@wayneRSA) 14 February 2018
The same organisation that shared a fake, homophobic post now classifies a film involving a gay relationship as porn? Go back to the apartheid era you came from.
— Not a doctor but I played one on TV (@DiscoGnu) 14 February 2018
This not a surprising move by the FPB, which last year tweeted questionable homophobic lies, saying, "A new symbol has been added to the LGBTQi called Pedosexual (P). It is defined as being or constituting pedosexuality, sexual activity between an adult and a child."
The tweet has since been deleted, but you know the Internet never forgets.