Screening
Miners Shot Down
In conjunction with the exhibition Ernest Cole: Photographer
Film Screening
Miners Shot Down
Friday, November 6, 6:00–8:00 pm
The Event Space, NYU English Department, 244 Greene Street
Film screening and interview with director Rehad Desai. In this political thriller, Desai draws a disturbing picture of mechanisms of state and corporate power by reconstructing the sequence of events that unfolded when mineworkers striking for a living wage were massacred by state police forces in August 2012 at Marikana, South Africa. 85 min.
Co-sponsored by the NYU Postcolonial Colloquium and NYU’s Grey Art Gallery. Information: Lucy Graham: lucy.graham@nyu.edu