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Tsotsi
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The work Tsotsi represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wadleigh Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Tsotsi
Label
Tsotsi
Statement of responsibility
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa ; Moviworld ; The National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa ; The UK Film & TV Production Company ; written by Gavin Hood ; directed by Gavin Hood
Contributor
  • Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
  • Moviworld (Firm)
  • National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa)
  • UK Film & TV Production Company
  • Chweneyagae, Presley
  • Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
  • Hood, Gavin
  • Nkosi, Kenneth
  • Pheto, Terry
Screenwriter
  • Hood, Gavin
Director
  • Hood, Gavin
Subject
  • Foreign films
  • Crime -- Feature
  • Gangster -- Feature
  • Gangster films
  • Melodrama
  • Melodrama
  • DVD-Video discs
  • Feature films
  • Melodrama -- Feature
  • Murder -- South Africa -- Drama
  • Redemption -- Drama
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Criminal behavior -- South Africa -- Drama
Genre
  • Foreign films
  • Crime
  • DVD-Video discs
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Gangster
  • Gangster films
  • Melodrama
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Language
  • zul
  • xho
  • afr
  • eng
  • zul
  • xho
  • afr
  • zul
Summary
A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi - a nickname meaning thug - is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen
Awards note
Academy Awards, USA, 2006: Oscar - Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (South Africa).
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for language and some strong violent content
Language note
Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans dialogue, English subtitles; closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1995.9.G3
LC item number
.T76875 2006
PerformerNote
Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola
Runtime
94
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action

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  • Tsotsi, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa ; Moviworld ; The National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa ; The UK Film & TV Production Company ; written by Gavin Hood ; directed by Gavin Hood, (videorecording)

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