The 2018 Belmont World Film series continues Monday night (3/26) at StudioCinema in
Belmont with the South African film “The Wound“; here’s the official synopsis from BWF:
An exploration of tradition and sexuality set amid South Africa’s Xhosa culture. A lonely factory worker joins other men in his community for an annual two week journey in the mountains to initiate a group of adolescent boys into manhood. His entire existence starts to unravel when a defiant initiate discovers his well-guarded secret. South Africa’s submission and on the short list for the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film.
Speaker for this weeks’ offering is Dr. Anima Adjepong, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Simmons College, whose field of study focuses on culture, identity, and black diaspora.
This year’s series, “Bound by Beliefs,” features films that show how difficult it is to implement change in the face of long-held societal or community beliefs. All but one film is either a North American, East Coast or New England premiere and several are also their countries’ submissions to the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film category. As in the last several years, a full third of the films are directed by women. The festival also includes the most recent work by several well-known directors, including French director Laurent Cantet (Foxfire, The Class), Laurence Ferrerira Barbosa (Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional), and Tony Gatlif (Latcho Drom, Gadjo Dilo).
Tickets can be purchased through the Belmont World Film series website ; screenings take place at StudioCinema, 376 Trapelo Road in Belmont; the screening time for this and all future BWF series selections this year is 7:30 PM
The series continues on Monday evenings through May 14, and a second “mini-series” called “Justice For All” will also run Mondays in June beginning June 11. The Belmont World Film Series will also be a part of eCinemaBoston’s huge 2018 Boston Springs A Fethival Superguide, coming in May, and will also be a part of Subject:CINEMA’s massive BSAF coverage throughout the month of May. Be sure to stay tuned to eCB for the low-down each week!