By Santosh Beharie
Red-faced officials at the Film and Publication Board, who blundered by endorsing the release of a child pornography movie, are desperately trying to recall copies of the film.
But their efforts come too late, as the film, ironically titled It's Just Wrong, has sold like "hot cakes" since its release in May.
An outraged senior board member said the blunder had caused huge embarrassment to his organisation.
'I have heard the movie sold like hot cakes from the day it was released' "And the fact that we as the board, in conjunction with the department for home affairs, launched the 'Unite against Child Pornography' campaign in Port Elizabeth early last month, has made situation even more humiliating. It just goes to show that the board does not exercise due diligence," he said on condition of anonymity.
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He lambasted the three examiners who passed the movie in the first place and called for stricter criteria in selecting future examiners. The board stopped the further sale and distribution of the movie in June after receiving numerous complaints from the public.
An independent review panel, chaired by Durban academic Karthy Govender, was then asked to rule on whether or not the movie constituted child pornography.
Govender said the review panel spent last weekend deliberating over the movie before ruling on Monday, without elaborating, that it was a child pornography film.
"But this ruling has come too late," the board official said.
"I have heard the movie sold like hot cakes from the day it was released. So there are plenty of copies out there that can be pirated and sold on the black market. I just can't understand why the board allowed inexperienced examiners to pass the movie in the first place," he said, claiming he was away when the board endorsed the film's release.
According to the Child Care Act, child pornography is the depiction of any image of any person under the age of 18, or who is depicted or appears to be under 18, engaged in sexual conduct.
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