{"id":2818,"date":"2026-01-13T10:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/?p=2818"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:39:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:39:52","slug":"the-gods-must-be-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/the-gods-must-be-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gods Must Be Crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)<\/em><\/strong> is a classic <strong>South African\u2011Botswana comedy<\/strong> directed by <strong>Jamie Uys<\/strong> that became one of the most internationally beloved films from the region. The story follows <strong>Xi<\/strong>, a humble Bushman living in the Kalahari Desert whose peaceful life is turned upside down when a <strong>glass Coca\u2011Cola bottle<\/strong> \u2014 dropped from an airplane \u2014 is mistaken for a gift from the gods. What begins as harmless curiosity soon brings <strong>chaos, conflict, and comic misunderstanding<\/strong>, prompting Xi to journey to the \u201cedge of the world\u201d to return the bottle and restore harmony to his tribe. The film blends <strong>slapstick humour, cultural contrast, and a whimsical look<\/strong> at modern society through the eyes of someone completely untouched by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where to Watch:<\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artflix.info\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.artflix.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artflix<\/a> (Free in South Africa)<\/strong> \u2013 The film is currently available to <strong>stream for free<\/strong> on <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artflix.info\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.artflix.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artflix<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> in South Africa.<br><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.disneyplus.com\/za\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"apps.disneyplus.com\/za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney+<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 <em>The Gods Must Be Crazy<\/em> is also available on <strong>Disney+<\/strong> in many regions.<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/offers\/nonprimehomepage\/ref=dv_web_force_root\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/offers\/nonprimehomepage\/ref=dv_web_force_root\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Prime Video<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 You can <strong>rent or buy<\/strong> the movie digitally on <strong>Prime Video<\/strong> where available.<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple TV<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Also offered for <strong>digital purchase or rental<\/strong> on the Apple TV platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) is a classic South African\u2011Botswana comedy directed by Jamie Uys that became one of the most internationally beloved films from the region. The story follows Xi, a humble Bushman living in the Kalahari Desert whose peaceful life is turned upside down when a glass Coca\u2011Cola bottle \u2014 dropped from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-african-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2820,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818\/revisions\/2820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}