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Sci-fi has always been a “safe laboratory” for exploring social issues. Alien Nation (1988), starring James Caan and Mandy Patinkin, directly allegorised racial conflict and immigration anxiety, which still resonates today. The spin-off TV show and District 9 would dig deeper.

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