Political Themes of World Cinema Films

Tsotsi
1. Themes Relating To South Africa
  1. Apartheid/Post Apartheid
    1. Racial segregation due to the national party (1948 to 1994)
      1. Ended in 1991 (under Nelson Mandela)
      2. Black Africans couldn't vote, and were made to mine the natural resources in local caves/quarries
        Morris- crippled as a result of mining- now homeless- poverty in the slums
La Zona
1. Themes Relating To Mexico
  1. Crime and corruption
    1. The Assembly (vigilante group in The Zone)
Sin Nombre
1. Themes Relating To Mexico
District 9
1. Themes Relating To South Africa
  1. HIV/Disease/Death
    1. Tsotsi- His mother died of HIV
      1. Lots of posters around the train station "HIV affects us all"
2. Prawns represent coloured citizens during the Apartheid
  1. Use of Aliens because the racial tension led to the local black communities losing their human rights
  2. Parktown Prawn- A pest in South Africa
3. Racism/Xenophobia represented through speciesism

Resource summary

	Created by Craig Gambell over 12 years ago