District 9, released in 2009, is a science-fiction movie, reflecting many realities of South Africa’s past and present. It was a block-buster hit of 2009, and to date, has grossed $200 million.
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What Can We Learn From South African Film Locations?
This film, made in 2009, is in every way well-thought. Wayne Kramer, director/ writer/ co-producer, himself coming from South Africa, must have felt the same hardship getting across the U.S. soil and getting legal as he, so delicately, highlights the devastating, full-of-worries process of gaining status once one steps into the land of dreams.
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Film Review – Crossing Over (2009)
Released in 2006, Tsotsi is a film which accurately portrays the differences between life in Johannesburg, South Africa and the surrounding ghettos. Tsotsi is approximately 94 minutes long and was directed by Gavin Hood. The main character in this film, Presley Chweneyagae, is a tsotsi (thug) living in the ghettos outside of Johannesburg where he does anything possible to make money and stay alive. The movie is very violent and somewhat disturbing, especially in the beginning half.
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Movie Review – Tsotsi | ArticlesBase.com
Released in 2006, Tsotsi is a film which accurately portrays the differences between life in Johannesburg, South Africa and the surrounding ghettos. Tsotsi is approximately 94 minutes long and was directed by Gavin Hood. The main character in this film, Presley Chweneyagae, is a tsotsi (thug) living in the ghettos outside of Johannesburg where he does anything possible to make money and stay alive. The movie is very violent and somewhat disturbing, especially in the beginning half.
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Movie Review – Tsotsi