district 9

Question 1

what did the white national party do? (1948)

Answer 1

• set up apartheid which prevented the growth of african cinema
• state censorship prevented the public from wathcing certain international films that questioned race and politics, esp racial conflicts
• film was used by that state to produce recruitment movies, aimed at recruiting a black african workforce for the gold mines.

Question 2

what was the subsidy system?

Answer 2

apartheid government gave small sums of money / cheap loans to enable films to be made.
- the government checked the films and only supported films that supported their own racist ideology
- this meant that films on south africa esp in 70s were poor quality

Question 3

what happened to film after nelson mandela became leader?

Answer 3

money was given to people who were silenced in order to make movies on the experiences of apartheid and all of the terrible treatment.

Question 4

district 9 profit

Answer 4

considering its large-ish budget, the film has to try and be popular at the box office.
budget: £30,000,000
worldwide £210,888,950

Question 5

who was district 9 funded by?

Answer 5

district 9 is a good example of a film that is funded by foreign money that looks at the struggles in south africa
funded by interational money:
- international (USA)
- wingnut films (NZ)
- tristar pictures (USA)

Question 6

comparison: TSOTSI funding

Answer 6

funded by SA national film and video foundation (emphasis on disadvantaged groups) & UK film and tv production company

Question 7

comparison: TSOTSI plot

Answer 7

follows a homeless child who becomes a leader of a gang then gets arrested/shot - D9 deals with similar themes to tsotsi such as crime, and disadvantage

Question 8

comparison: TSOTSI profit

Answer 8

cost: £3,000,000
worldwide: £11,300,000