District 9 is a brilliant piece of film making. Original, allegorical, intense and gripping, this film (with no “stars”) is non-stop action and compelling drama, which takes the simple idea from songwriter Joe South, “Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes, And before you abuse, criticize, and accuse, Walk a mile in my shoes.”
The theme of District 9 is racism, but instead of white versus black, it is humans against aliens. The setting is Johannesburg, South Africa, but today. In Johannesburg, South Africa in 1948, the Apartheid Laws legalized and institutionalized racial discrimination.
District 9 is ground-breaking in style. (to see good trailer click here). Sony Pictures apparently knew that the film was timed perfectly for our time in human history, cultural judgment and polarization, over 70% of people on the planet believe in extraterrestrial life, and when we are at the brink of a “new world order” and global changes in socio-economic-political structures, someone knew that District 9 would strike a universal cord. And it does.
Aside from the allegory, Johannesburg, the high tech weaponry, the racial tension, the action, District 9 is at its heart a very simple story, “Walk a Mile in My Shoes, before you Abuse, Criticize or Abuse.” Don’t miss this film.
Tags: Apartheid, District 9, Joe South, Johannesburg, Sony, South Africa, Walk a Mile in my Shoes
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