Tsotsi

Tsotsi is a 2005 South African film written and directed by Gavin Hood, adapted from Athol Fugard's 1980 novel of the same name, about a young gang leader in a Johannesburg township, known only by the nickname Tsotsi, township slang for thug, whose life changes after he steals a car and discovers a baby in the back seat. Set against the poverty and violence of township life, the film follows Tsotsi's halting, reluctant path toward caring for the child and confronting his own past. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, becoming the first South African film to do so.