Night Is Coming: Threnody for the Victims of Marikana
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Night Is Coming: Threnody for the Victims of Marikana |
| Country of production | South Africa |
| original language | Setswana |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 26:30 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Aryan Kaganof |
| script | Jesus Sepulveda |
| production | African Noise Foundation |
| music |
Neo Muyanga , African Noise Foundation |
| cut | Yourbrotha Orfatha |
Night Is Coming: Threnody for the Victims of Marikana ( German It is the night: mourn for the victims of Marikana ) is a South African short film of Aryan Kaganof from the year 2014 . The world premiere was on May 3, 2014 at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen .
action
Kaganof addresses the "Marikana massacre", the shooting of 34 miners by the police in the course of the South African miners' strike in 2012 .
Reviews
"A testimony to how our perception of permanent social injustice is shaped by social and media mechanisms and a suggestion on how these could be dismantled."
- Jury of the International Competition 2014 : kurzfilmtage.de
Awards
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2014
- Special mention by the international jury