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Tsotsi: Film Guide
World Humanitarian Day, 19 Aug
A film guide that looks at Tsotsi (2005), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.
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Film Details
Year
2005
Duration
90 minutes
Genres
Crime
Language
Afrikaans / English / Xhosa / Zulu (English subtitles)
Certificate
UNAVAILABLE TO STREAM
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Synopsis
This hard-hitting film won an Oscar in the year it was released - and deservedly so. In the street slang of South Africa's Johannesburg, "Tsotsi" means gang member, and the story here follows one such gangster as he goes about his life of violent crime and mindless thuggery. But when a carjacking goes nightmarishly wrong, he finds himself looking after a baby boy - and the responsibility for this new life means he starts to take a long, hard look at his own. Make no mistake, Tsotsi is a powerful movie, and it does contain depressingly realistic scenes of violence - but it's also a film with a hugely important message.
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