Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 54. Chapters: District 9, Zulu, Cry Freedom, Zulu Dawn, Invictus, Gandhi, Blood Diamond, Breaker Morant, Tsotsi, The Gods Must Be Crazy, The Power of One, Spud, Rendition, Who Am I?, When Worlds Collide, Lost in the Desert, The Color of Friendship, Duma, King Solomon's Mines, The Naked Prey, Dangerous Ground, Jerusalema, Catch a Fire, Skin, Alive in Joburg, Sweet 'n Short, Gold, Sarafina!, In My Country, Disgrace, The Gods Must Be Crazy II, There's a Zulu On My Stoep, The Wilby Conspiracy, Shaka Zulu, Coronation Street: Out of Africa, Bakgat, Kini and Adams, Stander, Cry, the Beloved Country, Schuks Tshabalala's Survival Guide to South Africa, Target of an Assassin, The Kingfisher Caper. Excerpt: District 9 is a 2009 South African science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp. It was written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James. The film won the 2010 Saturn Award for Best International Film presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, and was nominated for four Academy Awards in 2010, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Editing. The story, adapted from Alive in Joburg, a 2005 short film directed by Blomkamp and produced by Sharlto Copley and Simon Hansen, pivots on the themes of xenophobia and social segregation. The title and premise of District 9 were inspired by events that took place in District Six, Cape Town during the apartheid era. The film was produced for $30 million and shot on location in Chiawelo, Soweto, presenting fictional interviews, news footage, and video from surveillance cameras in a part-mock documentary style format. A viral marketing campaign began in 2008, at the San Diego Comic-Con, whil...