7 posts - 6 authors - Last post: Aug 12, 2009HOVERING OVER JOHANNESBURG like District 9 ,Films Reviews. . It is both ominous and ridiculous, yet the movie gets no more creative . It brings back ugly profiling from the bad-old-days of Apartheid: Scared humans .

Aug 14, 2009 . Call “District 9” the world's first autobiographical alien apartheid movie. Writer-director Neill Blomkamp grew up in Johannesburg during an .

Aug 11, 2009 . The aliens have been with us for 20 years already at the start of South African director Neill Blomkamp's fast and furiously inventive .

Sep 4, 2009 . district9. You have to admit: As a premise for a movie it is pretty . . That was precisely t way in which Apartheid officials used to .

Aug 14, 2009 . I went to the midnight showing of District 9 last night (this morning). It was a remarkable movie, one of the best of the year. .

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May 3, 2009 . Now there's a sign you don't see everyday. Since last summer there has been an elaborate viral marketing campaign bubbling under the surface .

Movie poster for District 9, demonstrating the. apartheid-esque themes in the movie. The film, District 9, contains a theme similar to that of War of the .

Aug 31, 2009 . The futuristic South African sci-fi that has taken the U.S box office by storm opened in its home country this weekend.

Jul 17, 2009. not a coincidence that a movie from a South African director, District 9, . explains that yes, the movie really is all about apartheid.

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Aug 19, 2009 . District 9 is an allegory of apartheid. . District 9 is a really good movie. I hope that people will watch it not because it "sounds" good .

Aug 12, 2009 . Peter Jackson protégé Neill Blomkamp talks about "District 9," the . Furthermore, it's a movie in which a star is born: Sharlto Copley, .

Aug 19, 2009 . District 9 is an allegory of apartheid. Signs stationed near bathrooms and elevators marked certain facilities for “Humans Only. .

Sep 7, 2009 . To give you a brief synopsis of the movie: “District 9” in based on the . From 1948 to 1994, South Africa practised Apartheid or a .

'District 9′: The Apartheid Parable That Must Be Seen. By Tasha Huo, August 17, 2009 in Movie Reviews. District 9 is a riveting film to watch unfold. .

15 posts - 10 authors - Last post: Aug 25, 2009In the days leading up to the release of Neill Blomkamp's directorial debut, I became aware of a recurring piece of lazy analysis.

May 6, 2009 . Now you're getting close to Neill Blomkamp's upcoming sci-fi movie, District 9 . Slated to open Aug. 14, District 9 shares the same basic .

Aug 13, 2009 . The aliens have been with us for 20 years already at the start of South African director Neill Blomkamp's fast and furiously inventive .

Apr 28, 2010 . Discuss: Does District 9 Trivialize Apartheid? . than fifteen minutes into the movie before turning it off and discarding it as rubbish. .

Apr 6, 2011 . im doing a movie project and i wanna compare those…

Aug 11, 2009 . District 9: Apartheid, Xenophobia, and Human Shrimps - - Everything you need to know about Seattle film is in The Stranger. Movie times .

Aug 18, 2009 . That District 9 grapples with apartheid is irrefutable, but what does it have to say on the subject? (Spoilers hover above the next .

Aug 2, 2009 . Call "District 9" the world's first autobiographical alien apartheid movie. Writer-director Neill Blomkamp grew up in Johannesburg during an .

Aug 18, 2009 . Saw District 9 tonight, the alien movie by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter . If you look at the film as an apartheid allegory, .

Aug 19, 2009 . Much of this the story was modeled off of the South African apartheid, with District 9 functioning similar to a Bantustan. .

Aug 3, 2009 . And that's no accident. Call “District 9″ the world's first autobiographical alien apartheid movie. District 9, prawn face .

Aug 20, 2009 . A sci-fi blockbuster that's also an allegory of apartheid? District 9 is only the biggest of a glut of films about South Africa's recent .

5 answers - Jun 4, 2007The title of the film "District 9" is like district 6 in Cape Town. District 6 during the apartheid was when 60000 inhabitants were forced .

Jul 12, 2009 . 30 years earlier when an alien race first made contact with Earth, the world waited in anticipation of either a hostile invasion or huge .

Aug 14, 2009 . District 9 (2009). NYT Critics' Pick This movie has been . in a remote enclosure reminiscent of the Bantustans of the apartheid era. .

Blomkamp said no one film influenced District 9, but cited the 1980s "hardcore . during the apartheid era, with the film's title particularly referencing District Six. . .. http://www.observer.com/2009/movies/district-9-blew-my-mind. .

District 9: Alien Apartheid. Posted on17 August 2009. . By then, we're so engrossed in the film that we don't care, but as a critic I feel this could have .

Aug 25, 2009 . District 9: The Apartheid Allegory. Posted on August 25, . Do not expect a satisfying, closed-book ending from this movie–I fully .

Nov 20, 2010 . I'm told that the Johannesburg Apartheid Museum, is an absolute . Tweets that mention District 9 was a movie. Cape Town District 6 was .

Aug 14, 2009 . District 9, in theaters now, is a sci-fi extravaganza that has thrilled critics and geeks alike. The movie centers around a group of refugee .

Aug 19, 2009 . Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp's Malthusian fable of post-Apartheid Johannesburg. District 9, a violent science fiction movie set in a .

'District 9' is not reflective of any movie that I can imagine. . well as cultural touchstones from Blomkamp's upbringing in apartheid-era South Africa. .

May 18, 2009 . A new promotional poster for the Peter Jackson produced, Neill Blomkamp directed alien flick District 9, has surfaced! Check it out below!

Aug 21, 2009 . District 9 shot to the top of the US box office in its opening weekend and earned the kind of reviews that eluded George Lucas even the .

Aug 2, 2009 . 'District 9' is not reflective of any movie that I can imagine. . touchstones from Blomkamp's upbringing in apartheid-era South Africa. .

Aug 17, 2009 . Yesterday I wrote a review of the movie District 9 that has offended . Seems the movie has some really important message about apartheid. .

Aug 5, 2009 . Less than 24 hours after losing out on the movie of his career, the director Neill Blomkamp found the other movie of his career, “District 9 .

18 posts - 14 authors - Last post: Aug 19, 2009Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp's Malthusian fable of post-Apartheid Johannesburg: District 9, a violent science fiction movie set in a .

Aug 13, 2009 . Two decades after refugee extraterrestrials arrive on Earth, they remain quarantined in a violent, squalid Johannesburg ghetto — unwanted, .

Sep 29, 2009 . VOA's Paul Ndiho reports on why Nigerians dislike the 'District 9' movie about aliens and apartheid in Africa. .

Aug 12, 2009 . The aliens have been with us for 20 years already at the start of South African director Neill Blomkamp's fast and furiously inventive .

Aug 13, 2009 . Twenty years pass, during which crime and squalor soar in District 9 while humans outside practice a sort of alien apartheid. .

In his movie, alien families are relocated and ghettoised in District 9 – effectively an alien Soweto where the "prawns", as they're racially slurred by the .

Jan 12, 2011 . If you enjoyed District 9 during the summer of '09, great news! Sony has another alien invasion movie for you. This time, the aliens have .

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