Miners Shot Down
“South Africa will never be the same.”
2014•1h 25m•9.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Rehad Desai
Studio
NHK BS1
Production
Company
NHK BS1
Company
Doc Society
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