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Documentary film: Miners Shot Down

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Date:
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Time:
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
San José Peace and Justice Center
Email:
Phone:
408-297-2299
Address:
48 South 7th Street, San José, CA 95112
Location Details:
San José Peace and Justice Center
48 South 7th Street
San José, CA 95112

South Africa will never the same again.

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. Methodically and soberly, Miners Shot Down follows the strike from day one, chronicling 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. Miners Shot Down is undoubtedly one of the most important and damning documentaries to emerge in post-apartheid South Africa.

A film by Rehad Desai
2014 85 minutes

Sharat G. Lin, who just returned from Marikana, South Africa, will lead discussion.

Open to the public
Suggested donation $5-10

Bus routes: 22, 522, 23, 11, 63, 64, 72, 73, 81, Hwy 17 Express, MST 55

Cosponsored by EDGE for Economic Justice and our developing world
Added to the calendar on Fri, Aug 15, 2014 1:26PM
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