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Movies: Best Movies in Xhosa(IsiXhosa)

Xhosa ( KAW-sə, KOH-sə; Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰóːsa]), formerly spelled Xosa and also known by its local name isiXhosa, is a Nguni language, indigenous to Southern Africa and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Xhosa is spoken as a first language by approximately 10 million people and as a second language by another 10 million, mostly in South Africa, particularly in Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape and Gauteng, and also in parts of Zimbabwe and Lesotho. It has perhaps the heaviest functional load of click consonants in a Bantu language (approximately tied with Yeyi), with one count finding that 10% of basic vocabulary items contained a click. ()

Xhosa is spoken in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Lesotho and 4 movies (between 2014 and 2021) with this language have been recorded so far. Most of these movies were shot in South Africa (4). Popular genres for Xhosa movies are Drama (4) and Horror (1). The Wound (2017), The Goat (2014), Good Madam (2021) and When the Sun Sets (2021) are among the best known & most successful Xhosa movies.

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The Wound(2017)

1h 28min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 24 votes)

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.

Directed by John Trengove - With Nakhane Touré
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The Goat(2014)

12min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Ukwaluka is an ancient circumcision ritual for young men still widely practiced by the Xhosa in South Africa. It marks the transition from youth to manhood. A boy who has just undergone circumcision sits in semi-darkness in a simple hut on a hill, far away from the village, as prescribed by the initiation ritual. He is covered from head to toe with a paint made from clay which makes him look as white as a goat. This should be a period of healing, but he is cold and in pain. His grandfather, who is supposed to induct him into his new life, has not yet appeared. According to the belief system of the Xhosa, Ukwaluka also purges the boy from homosexual desires, for which there is no place in the world of adults.

Good Madam(2021)

1h 32min | Drama, Horror
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

In post-apartheid South Africa, Tsidi, a single mother, is forced to move in with her own estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’. And as Tsidi tries to heal her family, a sinister spectre begins to stir.

Directed by Jenna Bass

When the Sun Sets(2021)

14min | Drama
4.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Johannesburg, 1985. A young black nurse living in apartheid South Africa must face her worst fears when her activist younger brother doesn't return after school. Inspired by a true story.