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 it, killing 34 and injuring many more. The police insisted that they shot in self-defense. 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 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. A campaigning film, beautifully shot and sensitively told with a haunting soundtrack, MINERS SHOT DOWN reveals how far the African National Congress has strayed from its progressive liberationist roots.
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Miners.Shot.Down.2014.1080p.WEBRip.x265-LAMA[TGx]
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GENERAL INFO
Genre: Documentary
Director: Rehad Desai
Stars:
Plot: 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.
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MEDIAINFO
Container = MPEG-4 (mp4)
Duration = 01:25:50.100
Filesize = 1 GiB
Overall bitrate = 2 230 kb/s
Video Codec info = HEVC Main 10@L4@Main | hev1
Resolution = 1920x1080
Display AR = 1.778 | 16:9
Bitrate = 1 999 kb/s
Framerate = CFR 25.000
Color space = YUV
Chroma subsampling = 4:2:0
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Audio Codec info = AAC | mp4a-40-2
Channels = 2
Bitrate = CBR 224 kb/s
Samplerate = 48.0 kHz
Language = English
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