{"id":249189,"date":"2018-02-18T08:04:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T06:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=249189"},"modified":"2018-02-18T08:07:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T06:07:03","slug":"inxeba-producers-to-fight-pornography-classification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/249189-inxeba-producers-to-fight-pornography-classification.html","title":{"rendered":"Inxeba producers to fight pornography classification"},"content":{"rendered":"

The producers of Inxeba (The Wound) will fight the Film and Publication Board’s (FPB) X18 classification of the film<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in court, according to a report in the City Press.<\/p>\n

The film’s producers accused the FPB of censorship and homophobia, stating it did not act according to its classification guidelines.<\/p>\n

The SA Screen Federation intends to bring a legal challenge to the FPB over the issue, and said it is confident it will have the film’s rating changed.<\/p>\n

Irregular<\/h3>\n

Former FPB film classifiers who spoke to the City Press called the reclassification of the film highly irregular and not in line with FPB guidelines.<\/p>\n

“When it comes to sex, we have to look at explicitness. X is for extreme. It\u2019s porn,\u201d said a former FPB classifier.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guidelines say if sex is shown but is not explicit, it cannot be classified X. So I can only conclude this is censorship and it\u2019s based on homophobia.”<\/p>\n

Film-makers and actors also expressed their dissatisfaction with the X18 classification, labelling the decision “appalling”, “backwards”, and “an outrage”.<\/p>\n

Following the X18 rating, the FPB released<\/strong><\/a> its Discussion Document on the Review of the Classification Guidelines, which stated that age restrictions in South Africa are too lenient and not appropriate.<\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0Age restrictions in South Africa are too lenient \u2013 FPB<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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