Reaction to Tsotsi

    Tsotsi is a movie about a boy living in the streets of South Africa. He is a self proclaimed gangster. One night him and his crew go out and end up killing a man on the subway for his money. Another night Tsotsi is off on his own and steals a car from a women and shots her paralyzing her from the waist down. What he didn't know was that there was a baby in the backseat. Wen he crashes the car he takes the baby home with him. He finds a woman do breast feed the baby and help him take care of it. Once the woman finds out she is able to convince him to take the baby back. When he returns to the home, he ends up getting shot by the cops once he returned the baby.
 The area of the city that would be considered the "slums". Most people live in homes made from scrap metal. Also they have a make-shift shelters on the outskirts of the town made out of concrete cylinders for the orphans. Unlike here in the United States it is still very rare to see a slum. We have poor areas but seeing homes made out of sheet metal and pieces of wood is uncommon. It is also saddening that the children have to live outside in those cylinders. This shows that their government does not have a set program to help children who have lost their parents.
Another difference I noticed was between the food and clothes. They ate common African foods. And the clothing they wore were also African The women wore warps and would walk around with cartons of water on their heads.
This movie was a good change of pace. It was a nice look into the gangs of South Africa. The people and culture were very interesting to learn about. I would suggest this movie to anyone.