World Cinema Dramatic Competition: The Wound

John Trengove on his film "The Wound," which premieres in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

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[Bongz]

I jus hope the traditional leaders of the Xhosa nation were consulted or at least the King since he by tradition is the owner of this custom.

Looks like a great film though

[andilemgununde]

What happen in the mountain stay in the mountain. Then what is this???

[nzilamagam]

sizwe sakuthi masiyiphakamele lekaka siyanyeleka apa.isiko lethu liya tshabalala sijongile

[ongeziwetladi]

as for uthi ungutata omdalala ube kule Nqubo ... nca nca nca !!! uzithandisa kubantu abamhlope, andizuxoka kuni ilifu elimnyama liyeza osoMagwaza okhokho bethu bazosiphendulela...linempoxo ke isiko !!! asoze basiyekele !!! John Trengvo are u happy ? with your Gay friends lets see isiphelo senu sobanjani !!!

[prowngoyi]

bayasinyela aba kona ngabantu abatheni abathengisa ngesiko lamaXhosa kondlebe zikhanyi langa imisunu yabo

[scientistss]

And you expect us to just accept the movie as if everything is normal?
How disrespectful.

[nokuthulatana]

I am a female and grew up being told that what happens ehlathini you can not talk about and as a girl I shouldn't know. As umxhosa I find this totally disrespectful to my culture, they should've found another way of telling the story without revealing the actual happenings

[yonelamazula]

Ndiyathemba uQamata kaNtayi nokhokho bethu abasoze baniyeke ngokuqaqaeka kangaka. Anisatsibanga ilitye likaPhungela nitsibe yena ubuqu. You Ameriocans must know your places and learn to be humans. Our Lord and ancestors will do the right thing to u and this will be a continuation of war with u even the next generation to come

[kumkanisibu]

Wow, the length some Artists would go for fame... Sies #TheWOUND & #URUCU MEDIA must fall, disrespect for days.. Then you wonder why other cultures and races never take Xhosas and Blacks curiously...

[KinTuza]

The *BATMEN* 🦇 🦇 🦇 🦇 in this movie are inn for quiet a year and it's nearly that time again. December is around the corner and I'm guess a minimum of 5 "movie stars" 🦇 🦇 🦇 🦇 🦇 won;t be here next year. All cause of a white *BOY* who's never lived among Black people but would much rather fetishize about them and their sacred customs. Let's hope that it was worth it MALULWANI NDIN.

[boycebongile]

this is nonsense in fact lento kukunya kuthengiswa nje siko lethu kwalo ubhale lento zange waya kwa sentabeni.

[lordalpha]

This is not okay
No respect for our culture
I feel betrayed by the xhosa actors who deep down know this movie is a complete tradition killer

[Aya-qhlc]

I personally think that youu went beyond disrespecting the Xhosa culture with this film. The process of initiation is very sacred in the Xhosa culture. I feel that what you did is very demeaning and I racist. I believe that your co-writers were stupid and avaricious. I beg you to discontinue the production of this film.