Film Museum - Peter Jackson

District 9
Johannesburg, 2009
In 1982, a giant extraterrestrial
spaceship arrives and hovers
over the South African city
of Johannesburg. An investigation
team finds over a million
malnourished aliens (derogatorily
called „Prawns“) inside, and
the South African government
relocates them to a camp called
District 9.
However, over the years it turns
into a slum, and locals often
complain that the aliens are filthy,
ignorant lawbreakers who
bleed resources from humans.
Following unrest between the
aliens and locals, the government
hires Multinational United
(MNU), a huge weapons manufacturer,
to relocate the aliens
to a new camp outside the city.
Piet Smit, an MNU executive,
appoints MNU employee and
his son-in-law Wikus van de
Merwe, to lead the relocation.
Meanwhile, three aliens, Christopher
Johnson, his young son
CJ and his friend Paul, search a
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