A couple of weeks ago, the wifey and I saw Tsotsi, a South African movie that recently won an Oscar. The movie was outstanding, and I highly recommend it. It is still playing in small, independent theaters, but will probably be on DVD soon.
Here is a brief synopsis of the plot:
“Tsotsi is a young gangster who has fended for himself in a shantytown just outside of Johannesburg since he was a child. He and his pack of feral friends have little regard for human life. They rob and murder to survive. One night Tsotsi steals a wealthy black woman’s car. When he drives away he realises that an infant is in the back seat. Tsotsi tries to care for the child by carrying him around in a shopping bag and coercing his neighbour, a young mother, to nurse him.”
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