I really liked this oddball film.

… the setting of District 9 is inspired by historical events that took place in South Africa during the apartheid era, with the film’s title particularly alluding to District Six.

District Six, an inner-city residential area in Cape Town, was declared a “whites only” area by the government in 1966, with 60,000 people forcibly removed and relocated to Cape Flats, 25 km (15 mi) away. …

Sony Pictures launched a “Humans Only” marketing campaign to promote District 9. Sony’s marketing team designed its promotional material to emulate the segregational billboards that appear throughout the film. …

The film received very positive reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes reporting that 91% of critics gave the film a positive review …

The film received four Academy Awards nominations … It was also the first mockumentary style film to be nominated for Best Picture. …

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