Humane Treatment for Refugees?

[hmmm_tea]

Yesterday, I wondered over to the Picturehouse in Greenwich to see District 9.

Trailer for those that haven't seen it:

(Direct link)On the surface it's a sci-fi film about first contact with aliens, but it uses this as a tool to make a political message about how we treat refugees and the arms trade. A message which comes across loud and clear

Comments

[almostwitty]

I'm rather disappointed that all the reviews of the film seem to boil down to "Wow. Look. We treat the aliens like shit in this film, like the South African government did to black people, or the Australian government did to Aborigines in the 1970s".

Does no-one *watch* the news any more ?!

[hmmm_tea]

But it's so much easier to pretend it's all about the past rather than admitting it's still happening today...