Alive in Joburg

2005 short film directed by Neill Blomkamp
Movie short_film Q1125712
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Alive in Joburg

Summary

Alive in Joburg is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alive in Joburg's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • Alive in Joburg was directed by Neill Blomkamp[4].
  • Neill Blomkamp wrote the screenplay for Alive in Joburg[5].
  • Alive in Joburg's composer is recorded as Clinton Shorter[6].
  • Alive in Joburg's genre is science fiction film[7].
  • A cast member of Alive in Joburg was Sharlto Copley[8].
  • Alive in Joburg was produced by Sharlto Copley[9].
  • Alive in Joburg was produced by Simon Hansen[10].
  • The original language of Alive in Joburg was English[11].
  • Alive in Joburg's color is recorded as color[12].
  • Alive in Joburg's country of origin is recorded as South Africa[13].
  • Alive in Joburg's country of origin is recorded as Canada[14].
  • Alive in Joburg was released on January 1, 2005[15].
  • Alive in Joburg was published on January 1, 2006[16].
  • Alive in Joburg's narrative location is recorded as South Africa[17].
  • Alive in Joburg's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alive in Joburg'}[18].
  • Alive in Joburg's has characteristic is recorded as title for Spain[19].
  • Alive in Joburg's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+6'}[20].
  • Alive in Joburg's derivative work is recorded as District 9[21].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Sharlto Copley[9] and Simon Hansen[10]. Alive in Joburg was directed by Neill Blomkamp[4]. Neill Blomkamp wrote the screenplay for it[5]. A cast member of it was Sharlto Copley[8].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 2005[15] and January 1, 2006[16]. The original language of Alive in Joburg was English[11]. Its genre is science fiction film[7].

Why It Matters

Alive in Joburg ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . FilmAffinity. via-news.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Producer Sharlto Copley, Simon Hansen
    Publication date +2005-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
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