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Another rumor says District 9 is based on the short film Alive in Joburg, which is why I've linked the short above.

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Alive in Joburg is a masterfully executed short science fiction film in the style of a documentary, about a minority group of aliens who are stranded in the shantytowns of Apartheid-era (post-Apartheid?

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Based on the short film Alive in Joburg, also directed by Blomkamp, the movie deals with the arrival of alien refugees in South Africa who are placed in a detainment camp because the world does not know what to do with them.

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I like the sound of Heinrich Boll (and my friend worked for the Heinrich Boll Foundation in Joburg) so I will add this to the TBR list.

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Based on the short film Alive in Joburg, also directed by Blomkamp, the movie deals with the arrival of alien refugees in South Africa who are placed in a detainment camp because the world does not know what to do with them.

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Looks like it is a feature length Alive in Joburg after all!

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To his credit, Blomkamp (who expanded the movie from his 2005 short “Alive in Joburg”) reappropriates these old ideas to make something new and fresh.

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Alive in Joburg was so nicely transformed into District 9 because Neill independently produced with major support from Peter Jackson.

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D9 never deserved a nomination, even if it was entertaining and well made (now, if it had been more well adapted from Alive in Joburg with the politics and whatnot, I have no doubt it would have been the best of the year).

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I actually saw this one coming as soon as I saw the footage, it gave me the same feeling when I first saw Alive in Joburg (District 9)

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