Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema, on DVD
What a great film, and I haven’t said that in a while. Gangster’s Paradise is inspired by true events and features Lucky Kunene as an up-and-coming street player in crime riddled Johannesburg, South Africa. As a teen he starts out with simple smash and grabs, but things get tense, and he can’t get back to the life he once had. He eventually ends up a modern Robin Hood slumlord of sorts, trying to make better living conditions for poor residents, while at the same time making himself rich. Will Kunene be able to keep up the life? The story is well told, well acted, and is visually stunning.
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Here is some trivia from IMDB about the film for you:
"A mixture of languages can be heard throughout the movie. Much of what the main characters speak to each other is township slang known as Tsotsitaal (literally 'gangster language') which is composed of vocabulary from Zulu, Sotho, Afrikaans, English, other African languages and invented slang. It is generally associated with young township-dwelling men, though some terms have entered mainstream South African parlance."
Interesting!!