Anybody ever see the movie "Tsotsi"? It won an Academy Award for best foriegn film in 2006
I thought it was excellent. Don't know what made me think of it, but I do recommend seeing it.
Tsotsi
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Directed by
Gavin Hood
Produced by
Peter Fudakowski
Screenplay by
Gavin Hood
Based on
Tsotsi by Athol Fugard
Starring
Presley Chweneyagae
Music by
Vusi Mahlasela
Mark Kilian
Paul Hepker
Cinematography
Lance Gewer
Edited by
Megan Gill
Production
company
The UK Film & TV Production Company PLC
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
The National Film and Video Foundation of SA
Moviworld
Tsotsi Films
Distributed by
Ster-Kinekor Pictures
(South Africa)
Miramax Films
(United States)
Release dates
18 August 2005 (Edinburgh Film Festival)
23 December 2005 (South Afr
Tsotsi is a 2005 film directed by Gavin Hood and produced by Peter Fudakowski. It is also an adaptation of the novel Tsotsi, by Athol Fugard and a South African/UK co-production . The soundtrack features Kwaito music performed by popular South African artist Zola as well as a score by Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker featuring the voice of South African protest singer/poet Vusi Mahlasela.
Set in an Alexandra slum, in Johannesburg, South Africa, the film tells the story of Tsotsi, a young street thug who steals a car only to discover a baby in the back seat.
The film won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.
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