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  1. Apr 24, 2016 · In August 2012, mine workers in one of South Africa's biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days into the strike, the police us...

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  2. docimpacthi5.org › films › minersshotdownMiners Shot Down

    The film. 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.

  3. Miners Shot Down: Directed by Rehad Desai. 34 miners were killed in South Africa in 2012. A police cover-up was suspected.

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    • Documentary, History, News
    • Rehad Desai
    • 2014-05-30
  4. MINERS SHOT DOWN tells a different story, one that unfolds in real time over seven days, like a ticking time bomb. 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.

  5. Synopsis. 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 ...

    • Rehad Desai
    • 85 min
    • 1
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  8. By MARIANNE THAMM. There is much that is disturbing and shameful in Rehad Desai’s tender 86-minute filmic exploration of events over six days in August 2012 leading up to what has become known ...

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