Some time ago Letitia asked if anyone had seen the movie DISTRICT 9. Last weekend I rented it and WOW! An alien space ship hovers over South Africa. People are sent to investigate this strange vessel and its contents. They find dead and sick "shrimp" like creatures on board. About a million of them are transported to Earth for treatment and interrogation. For their own "safety" they are eventually moved to a shanty town called district 9.
The space ship is probably a slave ship or prison ship. The "passengers" were probably either escaping or being exiled to Earth. They are complex and intelligent but look like prawns which is their "nick name." They are brutalized and treated badly. Surprise? Humans? What savage creatures we are.
The producer is Peter Jackson of Lord of the Ring fame. There are many black South African actors and extras in the movie. One of the white South Africans is some how contaminated and slowly turns into a "prawn." He befriends one of the aliens and they form a bond.
It is worth a view and a discussion.
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