Rehad Desai’s documentary film, which charts the chronology of events leading up to the now infamous Marikana Massacre in August 2012, has won an International Emmy for Best Documentary.
The documentary, which remains clouded in controversy, continues to not be shown by local broadcasters in spite of the numerous awards it has won.
Miners Shot Down is filmed from the perspective of the miners involved in the strike and paints a drastically different picture of the events that unfolded on that fateful day when compared to those that authorities have disseminated. State funded productions such as Marikana – The Musical, have been heavily criticized for what many critics believe was a state-centric and biased production.
Speaking to 10and5, Desai notes that: “This process soon led me to understand the need to produce a counter narrative to that of the police that was and still is claiming self-defence.”
There were 40 nominees across 10 categories and 19 countries, including Angola, Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States.
Released last year, Miners Shot Down has received worldwide acclaim and gone on to win multiple awards including:
Watch the full multi-award-winning documentary below:
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