This is "Alive in Joburg", the third effort as a filmmaker for South African Neil Blomkamp. Obviously, these 7 minutes were the basis for his hugely successful "District 9", a movie that I absolutely loved. They packed the very basics of the feature film into this short film already. There is a huge spaceship flying over Johannesburg and aliens have come down and created a colony in the South African metropolis. They live at the lowest of possible conditions in terms of sanitary, nutrition and health. People are clearly against them.
Sharlto Copley, who plays the main character in "District 9", also has a short appearance here as an interviewee. It's actually his first on-screen appearance ever. Blomkamp seems to have a tendency to remake his early works ("Tetra Vaal") as full feature films ("Chappie") and I applaud him what he turned "Alive in Joburg" into. However, I cannot say I was particularly well entertained by this short film from almost 10 years ago. Not recommended.
Sharlto Copley, who plays the main character in "District 9", also has a short appearance here as an interviewee. It's actually his first on-screen appearance ever. Blomkamp seems to have a tendency to remake his early works ("Tetra Vaal") as full feature films ("Chappie") and I applaud him what he turned "Alive in Joburg" into. However, I cannot say I was particularly well entertained by this short film from almost 10 years ago. Not recommended.