Miners Shot Down
7.9
“South Africa will never be the same.”
In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring many more. Using the point of view of the Marikana miners, Miners Shot Down follows the strike from day one, showing the courageous but isolated fight waged by a group of low-paid workers against the combined forces of the mining company Lonmin, the ANC government and their allies in the National Union of Mineworkers.
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Rehad Desai Director
First release January 1, 2014 · Produced in South Africa · Production Doc Society
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NHK BS1
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Doc Society
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South Africa
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English
Release dates
Myanmar (Burma) · January 1, 2014
Human Rights International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
June 9, 2014 · Sydney Film Festival
Czechia
March 3, 2014 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
Japan
May 1, 2014 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 1, 2014 · Movies that Matter Festival, Den Haag
South Africa
May 30, 2014
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