Tsotsi's life takes an unexpected turn when he steals a BMW from an affluent woman (Nambitha Mpumlwana). Surprised at her show of resistance, he fires a bullet into her stomach.

Some worthy pictures–“Syriana” being an example–work better the second time, which doesn’t help you the first time, but there it is. Other films do their job effective… ...

He may not have won the Super Bowl, but the 20-year-old South African actor is making a victory lap of sorts, thanks to his title role in "Tsotsi." Nominated for a best foreign language film Oscar ...

Tsotsi responds the only way he knows how, with rage. He viciously beats Boston, then sensing the repugnance of the other bar patrons and even the members of his gang, Tsotsi flees.

"Tsotsi," by contrast, stars South African Presley Chweneyagae, who previously only acted in community theater and school plays. Most of the movie is in street-gang slang called tsotsi-taal.

"Tsotsi" (in Afrikaans and Tsotsi-Taal street slang with subtitles) tells the story of the teenaged leader of one such pack, played with gritty resolve by stone-faced newcomer Presley Chweneyagae.

Awards were presented today at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, with Gavin Hood‘s “Tsotsi” winning the event’s People’s Choice Award voted by attendees of the festival ...

Pirated copies of the Oscar-winning South African film "Tsotsi" are selling like hotcakes in Botswana, the country's northern neighbor, despite the March arrest of key members of a syndicate ...

TOKYO -- Film distributor Nikkatsu Co. has defied Japan's movie ratings board by screening 2006 foreign-language Oscar winner "Tsotsi" to a group of teenagers under age 15.

“Tsotsi” depicts Jo’burg, South Africa’s largest city, as a place with few haves and a vast shantytown population of have-nots. The positive reception isn’t limited to politicians.

Miramax hot for ‘Tsotsi’ – Variety Home Film Markets & Festivals Sep 25, 2005 10:00pm PT ...