Miners Shot Down 2014 Directed by Rehad Desai
South Africa will never be the same.
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.
Country
USA
Production Country
South Africa
Language
English
Gnere
Documentary
Production Company
NHK BS1
Release Date 1 May 2014
85 mins
