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Miners Shot Down wins an Emmy!

Written by TVSA Team from the blog News on 24 Nov 2015
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The International Emmy Awards have always been a letdown. South Africa has consistently received nominations over the past few years and yet we walk away with nothing.

All that changed on Monday night (23 November) at the 43rd ceremony when controversial documentary Miners Shot Down won the Emmy for Best Documentary.

Produced and directed by Rehad Desai of Uhuru Productions, the film has been an important part of the national discourse surrounding Marikana and has had a notable and genuine impact on the real world with public broadcasters refusing to air it because they're too scared to! Both the SABC and e.tv have been petitioned to air it and both have refused.

Both are also not airing the Emmy award ceremony. Someone should but they never do. South Africa has been represented at the International Emmys for years but none of our broadcasters air it for us when they should.

Here's a clip of Rehad accepting his award with cinematographer Jonathan Kovel, followed by all of the winners:
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2015 winners

Documentary
 
Africa's Wild West - Stallions of the Namib Desert
Interspot Film / ORF / ARTE / NDR / ORF-Enterprise
Austria
 
Antes de que Nos Olviden (Before We Are Forgotten)
HBO Latin America
Mexico
 
Growing Up Down's
Maverick Television & Dartmouth Films
United Kingdom
 
Miners Shot Down
Uhuru Productions
South Africa


Comedy
 

Doce de Mae (Sweet Mother)
Globo TV
Brazil

 
Fais Pas Ci, Fais Pas Ca
(Don't Do This, Don't Do That)
Elephant Story / France 2 / AB Distribution
France
 
Familia en Venta
Fox International Channels / Fox Telecolombia
Colombia
 
Puppet Nation ZA
Both Worlds
South Africa
 
Sensitive Skin
Rhombus Media / Baby Cow Productions / Bell Media's The Movie Network / Corus Entertainment's Movie Central / Tricon Films & Television Canada / Media Fund (CMF) / Rogers Cable Network Fund
Canada

Non-Scripted Entertainment
 

50 Ways to Kill your Mammy
Burning Bright Productions / Brown Bread Productions
United Kingdom

 
Barones de la Cerveza
National Geographic Channel Latin America / Nippur Media
Argentina
 
Flying Doctors
Geronimo
Belgium
 
MasterChef South Africa
Quizzical Pictures / Lucky Bean Media
South Africa

Arts Programming
 

Buenaventura No Me Dejes Mas
(Buenaventura, Don't Leave Me)
Caracol Televisión / Laberinto Cine y Televisión
Colombia
 
Illustre & Inconnu:
Comment Jacques Jaujard a Sauvé le Louvre

(The Man Who Saved the Louvre)
Ladybird Films
France

 
Messiah at the Foundling Hospital
Reef Television Ltd
United Kingdom
 
Trial of Chunhyyang - A Girl Prosecuted by Feudalism
KBS
South Korea
 
Best Performance by an Actor

Engin Akyurek
in Kara Para Ask (Black Money Love)
Ay Yapim
Turkey
 
Emilio de Mello
in Psi (Psy)
HBO Latin America
Brazil
 
Maarten Heijmans
in Ramses
De Familie Film & TV
Netherlands

 
Rafe Spall
in Black Mirror White Christmas
House of Tomorrow / Endemol Worldwide Distribution
United Kingdom

Best Performance by an Actress
 
Anneke von der Lippe
in Øyevitne (Eyewitness)
NRK / SVT / DR / YLE Fem / Nordvision Fund.
Norway

 
Fernanda Montenegro
in Doce de Mãe
Globo TV
Brazil
 
Sheridan Smith
in Cilla
ITV Studios/GroupM Entertainment
United Kingdom
 
Drama Series
 
Engrenages (Spiral)
Son et Lumiere / Canal+ Creation originale
France

 
MOZU Season 1 - Night Cry of the MOZU
TBS Television / WOWOW / ROBOT
Japan
 
My Mad Fat Diary
Tiger Aspect Productions / Drama Republic
United Kingdom
 
Psi (Psy)
HBO Latin America
Brazil
 
Non-English U.S. Primetime Program
 
Arrepentidos U.S. - El Infierno de Montoya
National Geographic Channel / Fox Telecolombia
United States of America

 
El Mejor de los Peores
Fox International Channels / Fox Toma 1
United States of America
 
Narco Tec
Mazdoc / Zodiak Latino / Univision
United States of America
 
La Voz Kids
Talpa Media USA, Inc., Warner Horizon Television
United States of America
 
Telenovela
 
Ciega a Citas (Date Blind)
Dori Media International / Rosstoc / Mediaset Espana / Big Bang Media / Cuatro
Spain
 
Império (Empire)
Globo TV
Brazil

 
Jikulumessu
Semba Comunicação
Angola
 
Mulheres (Women)
Plural Entertainment Portugal
Portugal
 
TV Movie/Mini-Series

La Celebración
Underground Producciones
Argentina
 
Common
LA Productions
United Kingdom
 
Soldat Blanc (White Soldier)
Breakout Films / Canal+ Creation originale
France

 
Storytelling of Hostages
WOWOW / Twins Japan
Japan

International Emmy Directorate Award
Richard Plepler (Chairman and CEO of HBO)

International Emmy Founders Award

Julian Fellowes (Creator, writer and executive producer of Downton Abbey)
 

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