Alive in Joburg (Short 2005)
Betamax78 2 points 3 years ago.

i was asking myself the same thing and looked it up .It is indeed the direct inspiration and has the Actor Sharito Copley in both.(scary thing is the news footage of locals talking about aliens is in fact actual footage of Soweto residence talking about Zimbabwean and Nigerian migrants) .The films are obvious allegory of apartheid and modern immigration racism

kingarco66 1 points 3 years ago.

I herd a rumour Peter Jackson actually hired young Blomkamp for another job entirely (I forget what) then he saw this short film .. he completely dumped his project at hand and kinda went “screw that .. lets make district 9!”