![]() ![]() ![]() Specifically, I examine South African-born Neill Blomkamp’s film, District 9, in which the main character transforms from human to “alien” in a landscape that suggests South Africa and recalls the years in that country when apartheid was practiced. ![]() In this project, I will demonstrate how working across interdisciplinary fields-film studies, cultural studies, and literary studies-provide the methodology to look at national borders and ethnic groups from transnational perspectives that help to forge connections that can be useful to audiences living in a globalized world increasingly concerned with “alien” toxins and refuges on the move due to corporate capitalism, environmental degradation, and elitist resource hoarding. ![]()
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