directed by: John Trengove, year: 2017
actors: Nakhane Touray, Bongile Mantsai

Xolani, a quiet factory worker from the Eastern Cape, is drawn into a remote Xhosa initiation camp where men bond through ritual and secrecy. When a young guest arrives and awakens a forbidden attraction with Xolani, tensions surface within the camp’s rigid code, its mentors and the wider community. As loyalties falter, love, masculinity and tradition collide, threatening to unravel the fragile world the men have built around duty, ritual and survival. The film examines power, identity and the cost of hiding desire in a community under pressure.

Homophobia, Drama, Psychological Drama, LGBT, Ritual Initiation, Cultural Clash