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Night is coming : a threnody for the victims of Marikana / Premeditated Murder Productions ; in association with Badly Trained Cops on Steroids present ; [African Noise Foundation [and five others] present ; [written, shot, edited and] directed by Aryan Kaganof ; produced by Hearing Landscape Critically, Universities of Oxford, Harvard and Stellenbosch] ; Threnody for the victims of Marikana / directed by Aryan Kaganof.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD/PAL 031 527
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Afrikaans
- English
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Massacres--South Africa--Rustenburg.
- Massacres.
- Massacres--Social aspects--South Africa.
- Social aspects.
- South Africa--Social conditions--1994-.
- South Africa.
- Social conditions.
- South Africa--Rustenburg.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Experimental films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 66 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Threnody for the victims of Marikana
- Place of Publication:
- [Vlaeberg, South Africa] : [African Noise Foundation], [2014]
- Language Note:
- Chiefly in English with some Afrikans and an undetermined language subtitled in English.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, PAL, all regions; widescreen (1.77:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
- digital optical stereo Dolby Digital
- widescreen (1.77:1)
- PAL
- video file DVD-R video all regions
- Summary:
- The director theorizes through the events of the Marikana Massacre about South African society, past and future. He represents the massacre of striking mine workers by the South African Police Service in 2012 as ritual murder, a form of sacrifice heralding ominous change.
- Contents:
- Night is coming : threnody for the victims of Marikana (66.17)
- Threnody for the victims of Marikana (27.59).
- Participant:
- With: Willem Boshoff, Kyle Shepherd, Mongane Wally Serote, Marietjie Pauw, Carina Venter, Jessica Dubow, Daniel Grimley.
- Credits:
- Musicians: Stanley Glasser, Neo Muyanga, Kyle Shepherd, Theo Herbst, Marietjie Pauw, Hans Huyssen.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
- Film credits are scattered throughout the film.
- "A series of regularly repeated framing devices symphonically arranged in order to look like a documentary film by Aryan Kaganof."--Interior title card frames.
- Contains:
- Threnody for the victims of Marikana
- OCLC:
- 1015507312
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