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In its exploration of intersectional prejudice, “The Inspection” would make a strong double bill with “Moffie,” Oliver Hermanus’ lacerating recent drama about gay soldiers in apartheid-era South Africa.

Talking point: Set in London in the 1950s and directed by the South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus, whose “Moffie” charted the struggles of a closeted gay soldier, “Living” has all the DNA of an “exquisitely sad” drama of repression and regret, to quote the Guardian’s assessment.

Despite that perspective, Hermanus feels “Moffie” resonates in broader ways.

The word is a homophobic slur in Afrikaans, and the scene comes about 30 minutes into Oliver Hermanus’s new film, “Moffie.”

Like Hermanus’s other films, “Moffie” is the product of what he describes as “forensic” preparation.