Eviction In District 9

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These are images showing the exclusion in the apartheid, and the eviction of the security guard that removed the alien that took place in the film District 9. During apartheid the blacks were treated as “the other”, (as the aliens are treated within District 9) they were out casted and degenerated by the apartheid government.
In these images, a medium shot with and eye level angle and the alien stands alongside the humans Wikus, by this position he stands we are able to see human qualities in that of “the other” by the way the alien stands and the position of his arms.
By using these techniques within the film, Neil Blomkamp basically humanizes “the other” he humanizes the aliens. In the scene of expulsion or eviction, many aliens don’t know

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