NIGERIA BANS 'DISTRICT 9': Blockbuster Summer Hit Portrays Country In Negative Light. "Districe 9," the blockbuster sci-fi morality tale about aliens and apartheid, is not welcome in Nigeria because of its portrayal of Nigerians as gangsters and cannibals. On Saturday, Nigeria's information minister, Minister Dora Akunyili has asked cinema theaters to stop screening the film because the South Africa-based movie about aliens and discrimination makes Nigerians look bad. "We have directed that they should stop public screening of the film," Akunyili said. "We are not happy about it because it portrays Nigeria in bad light." Akunyili said she has requested an apology from Sony, the film's distributor, and wants them to edit out references to Nigeria and to the name of the main Nigerian gangster Obesandjo, whose name closely resembles that of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. "We have written to the producer and distributor of the film, Sony Entertainment, expressing our displeasure and demanded an apology," she said. "We have asked that the areas where Nigeria and Obasanjo are mentioned should be edited from the film." She and other government officials first saw the movie Wednesday during a private screening. In one scene, Obesandjo tries to cut off and eat the arm of the film's protagonist, in an attempt to gain his supernatural powers. In others, Nigerian prostitutes are seen courting alien customers. The film's portrayal of Nigerians has also drawn the ire of critics and bloggers, and has spawned a Facebook page called "Nigerians Offended by 'District 9,'" which had 57 members on Saturday.
Can't say I blame them. ALL Black people should ban that bullshit. Imagine the outcry if that ship hovered over Tel-Aviv and the Palestinians betrayed as cannibals and savages. The producer and director's lives would be in danger.
