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Night Is Coming: Threnody for the Victims of Marikana (2014)

Night Is Coming: Threnody for the Victims of Marikana poster
Original title
Night is Coming - A Threnody For The Victims of Marikana
Directed by
Aryan Kaganof
Genre
documentary
Country
South Africa
Runtime
27 min
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short film that mourns the miners killed in the 2012 Marikana massacre in South Africa. It uses slow images and sound to reflect on the violence and loss.

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What happens

Night Is Coming: Threnody for the Victims of Marikana (deutsch Es kommt die Nacht: Totenklage für die Opfer von Marikana) ist ein südafrikanischer Kurzfilm von Aryan Kaganof aus dem Jahr 2014. Weltpremiere war am 3. Mai 2014 bei den Internationalen Kurzfilmtagen in Oberhausen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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