It’s based on Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi short
In 2005, director Neill Blomkamp – usually to be found shooting adverts and music videos – wrote and filmed a short film called Alive In Joburg.
Blomkamp, who grew up in Vancouver but was born in South Africa, came up with a new, Apartheid-examining take on the type of story put forward in Alien Nation.
The story finds extraterrestrial creatures – that first arrived in 1990 – attempting to infiltrate the Earth. Instead of coming in with laser cannons blazing, they allowed themselves to be subjugated and rendered second-class citizens.
The docu-drama format brings Cloverfield to mind, despite Joburg having been made before JJ Abrams and co began work on their monster mash.
So what is it, exactly?
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