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SA's 'Miners Shot Down' wins big at International Emmy Awards

The hard-hitting documentary tells the story of the Marikana massacre through the eyes of miners.

Poster for the multi-award winning documentary, 'Miners Shot Down'. Picture: Facebook
Poster for the multi-award winning documentary, 'Miners Shot Down'. Picture: Facebook
| 1717 days ago

NEW YORK - The South African documentary Miners Shot Down which looks at the Marikana killings in 2012, has won top honours at the International Emmy Awards.

It picked up an Emmy for Best Documentary at a ceremony in New York last night.

Yes and we take it! South Africa wins at the @iemmys @RehadD @MinersShotDown #bestdocumentary pic.twitter.com/MZldF5zcjD

#MinersShotDown Best Documentary Winner at the #iEmmy Awards. @LalaTuku @FilmFound pic.twitter.com/x8T7X9PfUA

Directed by Rehad Desai, the hard-hitting documentary tells the story of the August 2012 strike at Marikana through the eyes of the miners, which left 44 people dead and scores more injured when police opened fire.

Here's @rehadd accepting the International Emmy Award for Best Documentary for Miners Shot Down! WOOHOOO! #iemmys pic.twitter.com/4lQ0CY1n5J

The documentary has found an audience at various film festivals around the world.

Upon accepting his award, Desai was given a heartfelt standing ovation from the audience.

He told Eyewitness News he hopes local broadcasters will now air his documentary.

Desai says he's been disappointed that neither the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) nor e.TV has shown the documentary.

He hopes winning an International Emmy might enable more people to see the film.

'Many people who have been able to see follow Al Jazeera and a couple of the other channels on DStv. But really, this is a public broadcast piece."

Miners Shot Down has so far won a number of international prizes.

INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS WINNERS:

Arts Programming

Illustre & Inconnu:

Comment Jacques Jaujard a Sauvé le Louvre

(The Man Who Saved the Louvre)

France

Best Performance by an Actor

Maarten Heijmans

in Ramses

Netherlands

Best Performance by an Actress

Anneke von der Lippe

in Øyevitne (Eyewitness)

Norway

Comedy

Doce de Mãe (Sweet Mother)

Brazil

Documentary

Miners Shot Down

South Africa

Drama Series

Engrenages Saison 5 (Spiral Season 5)

France

Non-English US Primetime Program

Arrepentidos - El Infierno de Montoya

United States of Americ

Non-Scripted Entertainment

50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy

United Kingdom

Telenovela

Império (Empire)

Brazil

TV Movie/Mini-Series

Soldat Blanc (White Soldier)

France

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