AfricAvenir, Independence Avenue Films, and Uhuru Productions take the South African award winning film about the real events of Marikana, Miners Shot Down to the Erongo Region of Namibia.
Co-funded by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), this South African documentary by Rehad Desai is a unique event. The film is a blistering criticism of the government’s deadly response to striking miners in Marikana in 2012. The story made headlines worldwide, and the commission of inquiry is ongoing. Using the POV of the Marikana miners, Miners Shot Down, follows the strike at one of South Africa’s platinum mines from day one, showing the courageous but isolated fight waged by a group of low paid workers. The screening will be attended by the film director Rehad Desai and Jobu Mzozo, Marikana Support Campaign, and Mzoxolo Magidiwana, a Marikana miner.
Co-funded by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), this South African documentary by Rehad Desai is a unique event. The film is a blistering criticism of the government’s deadly response to striking miners in Marikana in 2012. The story made headlines worldwide, and the commission of inquiry is ongoing. Using the POV of the Marikana miners, Miners Shot Down, follows the strike at one of South Africa’s platinum mines from day one, showing the courageous but isolated fight waged by a group of low paid workers. The screening will be attended by the film director Rehad Desai and Jobu Mzozo, Marikana Support Campaign, and Mzoxolo Magidiwana, a Marikana miner.
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