Posted on behalf of Larissa Swedell: Dear all, Today at 4:45pm we will be screening the first film in the Representations of South Africa film series as part of the Year of South Africa programming. Pasted below are the details for today's film. More information can be accessed at http://southafrica.qc.cuny.edu/district-9/. Please pass this along to all interested members of the campus community. Hope to see you there! All the best, Larissa Swedell District 9 (2009) Thursday, October 16 4:45 pm Godwin-Ternbach Museum (Klapper Hall) District 9 (2009), written and directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson, was inspired by the apartheid era evictions of non-white people from District 6 in Cape Town. Shot in Soweto in mock documentary format, District 9 is a science fiction thriller with underlying themes of xenophobia, social segregation, and humanity. Shown as part of the Representations of South Africa film series: http://southafrica.qc.cuny.edu/representations-of-south-africa-film-series/