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Cape Town - The Vaclav Havel Jury Award at the One World Film Festival in the Czech Republic capital of Prague has gone to Miners Shot Down, the documentary about the Marikana massacre.
Directed by Rehad Desai, the film was among 12 international documentaries in the festival’s Right to Know category for films that “make an exceptional contribution to human rights”.
The jury also awarded Miners Shot Down a Special Mention, noting: "The film manages to operate on a number of levels: it tells the tale of both individual struggle and tragedy, but also of the reality of life in the Rainbow nation, nearly 20 years after the end of apartheid, where old racial divisions are replaced or translated into dividing lines between rich and poor.”
The documentary had simultaneous premiered in Prague and Cape Town on March 3 and a series of screenings are now planned.
See Terry Bell's film review.
Directed by Rehad Desai, the film was among 12 international documentaries in the festival’s Right to Know category for films that “make an exceptional contribution to human rights”.
The jury also awarded Miners Shot Down a Special Mention, noting: "The film manages to operate on a number of levels: it tells the tale of both individual struggle and tragedy, but also of the reality of life in the Rainbow nation, nearly 20 years after the end of apartheid, where old racial divisions are replaced or translated into dividing lines between rich and poor.”
The documentary had simultaneous premiered in Prague and Cape Town on March 3 and a series of screenings are now planned.
See Terry Bell's film review.
