Dying for Gold is a 2018 South African trilingual documentary film written and directed by duo Richard Pakleppa and Catherine Meyburgh.[1] The film is produced under the production banner Breathe Films and the film was predominantly shot in Lesotho.[2] The plot of the film depicts the untold real story about the mining in South Africa especially portrays the dying of gold miners due to silicosis and tuberculosis in South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho and Malawi.[3][4] The film had its theatrical release on 16 October 2018 and received positive reviews from the critics.[5] The film was also screened in Mozambique and Botswana. It was also screened at the Johannesburg Film Festival on 15 November 2018.[6]
| Dying for Gold | |
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| Directed by | Richard Pakleppa Catherine Meyburgh |
| Based on | Mining in South Africa |
| Produced by | Catherine Meyburgh |
| Edited by | Catherine Meyburgh |
| Music by | Philip Miller |
Production company | Breathe Films |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | South Africa |
| Languages | English Xhosa Southern Sotho |
Synopsis edit
For over 120 years, hundreds of thousands of black men from the countries of Southern Africa have left their families to dig for gold and produce the wealth of South Africa. Then over 500,000 families welcome their loved ones back from the mines in a much worse state than they were when they initially started mining for the gold.[7]
References edit
- ^ Davis, Rebecca (4 July 2019). "SILICOSIS: Dying for Gold: New documentary lays bare the stark debt SA owes its miners". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Catherine Meyburgh and Richard Pakleppa's Dying for Gold premieres at Hot Docs in Canada". Screen Africa. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Dying for Gold". www.dyingforgold.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Dying for Gold". Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Dying for Gold Documentary Confronts South Africa's Gold Mining History". Screen Fervor. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "'Dying for Gold' doccie to headline at Joburg Film Festival". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Icarus Films: Dying for Gold". icarusfilms.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
