4. District 9 (Apartheid)
District 9 is a science-fiction movie in which extraterrestrial creatures (known derogatorily as “prawns”) are confined to a specific area of Johannesburg in South Africa. It appears to be a fictionalized version of Earth on which this occurs, but it’s actually symbolic of something in the real world.
It’s a metaphor for the apartheid era, in which different races were segregated in South Africa – enforced through legislation by the National Party. In fact, the interviews with local South Africans at the start of the movie are the real views of the people towards Zimbabweans – and, worryingly, you can’t actually tell that they’re not really referring to aliens. The movie is also banned in Nigeria because the evil warlord in it is named after former long time Nigerian ruler Olusegun Obasanjo.
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