Miners Shot Down (2014)

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Logline

A look at the 2012 Marikana massacre where 34 striking miners were killed by South African Police.

Year

2014

Type

Documentary

Format

Feature Film

Country

South Africa

Languages

English, Setswana

Runtime

86 minutes

Stage

Finished

Plot Summary

On 16 August 2012, the South African Police shot and killed 34 striking miners at the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana. For the past six days, the dead and injured men had been fighting for an increase to their meagre wages after negotiations with Lonmin management and competing unions had resulted in the resounding silence of stalemate. Only once the first shots were fired, resurrecting painful memories of Sharpeville and apartheid suppression, did the country begin to listen. Chronicling the days leading up to the strike and subsequent massacre, Rehad Desai masterfully compiles a comprehensive and damning account of complicity between Lonmin, the ANC government and their allies within the National Union of Mineworkers and the police force. One of the most important films of post-apartheid South Africa, Miners Shot Down is essential viewing for every citizen, a battling document that will reverberate for years to come.

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Cast

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Crew

Rehad Desai portrait

Rehad Desai

Director

Anita Khanna portrait

Anita Khanna

Producer

Anita Khanna portrait

Anita Khanna

Writer

Rehad Desai portrait

Rehad Desai

Writer

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Jonathan Kovel

Cinematographer

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Menno Boerema

Editor

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Shadley Lombard

Cinematographer

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Ruben van der Hummen

Editor

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President Kapa

Sound Mixer

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Philip Miller

Composer

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Kerryn Assaizky

Editor

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Nic Hofmeyer

Cinematographer

Companies

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Uhuru Productions

Producer

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National Film and Video Foundation

Financier

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