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Nov 20, 2015 · 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 ammu...
- 86 min
- 63.9K
- Uhuru Digital
Apr 24, 2016 · In August 2012, mine workers in one of South Africa's biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages.
- 86 min
- 13.2K
- Afripost News
The film weaves together the central point-of-view of three strike leaders, Mambush, Tholakele and Mzoxolo, with compelling police footage, TV archive and interviews with lawyers representing the miners in the ensuing commission of inquiry into the massacre.
Miners Shot Down is a 2014 South African documentary film directed by Rehad Desai. This film explores the events that led to what was called the "Marikana Massacre". [1] In 2015, the film won an International Emmy.
May 30, 2014 · Storyline. In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa's biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days into the strike, the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress it, killing 34 and injuring many more. The police insisted that they shot in self-defense.
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- Documentary, History, News
- Rehad Desai
- 2014-05-30
Nearly 40 miners were shot dead by the South African police service at the Marikana Massacre in 2012 - the single most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since 1960. Watch the trailer.
Rehad Desai’s beautifully filmed and uncompromising documentary, ‘Miners Shot Down’, is about so much more than the massacre by police of 34 striking workers at the Lonmin platinum mine at...
