The film's anti South African themes acted as a catalyst for introducing film censorship into South Africa.
The film is currently listed as lost.
Under the Lash is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson. The film is based on the play The Shulamite, by Claude Askew and Edward Knoblock, and the novel of the same name by Alice and Claude Askew. The film is lost with no copies of it existing in any archives.