Tsotsi opens with a beautiful, expansive shot of the skyline in a Johannesburg slum at sunset. Heat and tension hang as heavy as the smog in the air as the film transitions to a closed, stuffy room. A ...

Gavin Hood's boundless enthusiasm for "Tsotsi" is evident in his willingness to subject himself to not one, but two interviews to promote the Oscar-winning film's DVD release. After a technical gaffe ...

For the 19-year-old man-child they call Tsotsi -- Johannesburg street slang for "thug" -- it has come down to this: He has burst into an apartment, pulled out a gun and forced the woman inside to ...

Presley Chweneyagae, who drew widespread acclaim as the young star of “Tsotsi” (2005), a slum-set drama that won South Africa’s first Academy Award for best foreign-language film, died Tuesday at his ...