Alive in Joburg

District 9 without hope. An alien ship appears over Johannesburg, and the creatures on board are absorbed into the city's underclass. Blomkamp's calling-card short delivers a potent apartheid allegory.

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Neill Blomkamp directed Alive in Joburg in 2005. See Neill Blomkamp's full filmography, where to start with Neill Blomkamp, or where to go after you've seen everything by Neill Blomkamp.

Alive in Joburg was released in 2005 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 6 minutes.