Still from Miners Shot Down
Lonmin employees gather on a hill called Wonderkop at Marikana, outside Rustenburg in the North West Province of South Africa August 15. The miners are calling for the minimum wage to be lifted from its current R4,000 a month to R12,500. The men are mostly Xhosa and Pondo speaking, and the strike was initiated by the drillers. Photograph Greg Marinovich
 

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Miners Shot Down

by Rehad Desai
In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages.
2014  ·  1h26m  ·  South Africa
English
About the Film
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. What emerges is collusion at the top, spiralling violence and the country’s first post-apartheid massacre. South Africa will never be the same again.
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Festivals and Awards
2015
Black Movie Film Festival Geneva, Audience Prize
2015
FESPACO, Best Documentary Film
2015
Cinema for Peace, Justice Award
2014
African Film Festival Cologne, Audience Award
2014
Amnesty International - Diff, Human Rights Jury Award
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Editor
Steen Johannessen, Menno Boerema, Kerryn Assaizky, Reuben van der Hammen and Megan Gill
Outreach Coordinator
Bheki Buthelezi
Producer
Anita Khanna
Consulting Producer
Helle Faber, Bhekizizwe Peterson and Brian Tilley
Writer
Anita Khanna

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