Miners Shot Down Wins BEST DOCUMENTARY at the International Emmys

Miners Shot Down Wins BEST DOCUMENTARY at the International Emmys

24 November 2015: Miners Shot Down, the documentary that commentators have said every South Afircan should see, is again demonstrating to be resonating deeply with international audiences. The film today won the Best Documentary at the International Emmys. The film was directed by Rehad Desai, produced by Rehad Desai and Anita Khanna. Supported by the National Film and Video Foundation, Miners Shot Down continues to garner international recognition.

The NFVF would like to congratulate the team, led by Rehad Desai on this phenomenal achievement.

Miners Shot Down Synopsis:

In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa's biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days into the strike, the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring many more. The police insisted that they shot in self-defence.

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 material and interviews with lawyers representing the miners in the ensuing commission of inquiry into the massacre. What emerges is a tragedy that arises out of the deep fault lines in South Africa's nascent democracy, of enduring poverty and a twenty year old, unfulfilled promise of a better life for all.

The following are some of the Awards the film have received locally and internationally:

The VacLav Havel Jury Award - One World Human Rights Film Festival 2014

Camera Justitia Jury Award - Movies that Matter Human Rights Movie Festival

Human Rights Jury Award -Amnesty International DIFF

Special Choice Award - Encounters Documentary Film Festival

Jury Award for Best Documentary - DIFF 14

Audience Proze Black Movie Film Festival - Geneva

Justice Award - Cinema for Peace 2015

Best Documentary Feature - Fespaco 2015

Best Documentary Feature - South African Film and Television Awards 2015

Best Achievement in Sound - South African Film and Television Awards

For more information about Miners Shot Down, please visit: www.minershotdown.co.za | Facebook: Miners Shot Down | Follow Twitter: @minersshotdown.

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