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DYING FOR GOLD

South Africa’s wealth and white privilege has been funded by large scale maiming and killing of people by the gold mining industry.
Today gold miner communities across Southern Africa have nothing to show for the wealth they produced except extreme rural underdevelopment and the world’s worst epidemic of TB and silicosis. 

Through testimonies from communities in mining families throughout Southern Africa and extensive use of contrasting archive materials DYING FOR GOLD tells the story of how we have arrived at this extraordinary situation. DYING FOR GOLD brings to the surface the real cost of South African gold.

  • Catherine Meyburgh
    Director
    Kentridge & Dumas in conversation, Bettie, Alan Paton's Beloved Country, Viva Madiba, a hero for all seasons
  • Richard Pakleppa
    Director
    Paths to Freedom, Taste of Rain, Sur Humano, Jogo de Corpo, Angola, Saudades from the one who loves you
  • Catherine Meyburgh
    Producer
    Kentridge & Dumas in Conversation, Glow of white women, Alan Paton's beloved country
  • Richard Pakleppa
    Producer
    Paths to Freedom, Taste of Rain, Sur Humano, Jogo de Corpo, Angola, Saudades from the one who loves you
  • Philip Miller
    Original Music
  • Catherine Meyburgh
    Writer
  • Richard Pakleppa
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Human rights, impact film, Social justice, Women, Exploitation, Economy, mining, gold, health, Environment, history, justice, poverty, injustice, migrants, economicmigrants, inequality, racialeconomy
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 38 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 31, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    320,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    South Africa
  • Country of Filming:
    Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Johannesburg International film festival Film Festival
    Johannesburg
    South Africa
    November 15, 2018
    South Africa
    Official selection
  • Bizana Church
    Bizana, Eastern Cape
    South Africa
    October 16, 2018
    n/a
  • Rapid Lion International Film Festival
    Johannesburg
    South Africa
    March 2, 2019
    World premiere
    Best Documentary & Nomination for Best of South Africa
  • Hotdocs international documentary Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    April 25, 2019
    North American Premiere
    Official selection
  • Hotdocs international documentary Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    April 26, 2019
    Official selection
  • Hotdocs international documentary Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    May 5, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Encounters International Documentary Film Festival
    Johannesburg and Cape Town
    South Africa
    June 8, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Encounters Internationa Documentary Film Festival
    Cape Town
    South Africa
    June 11, 2019
    Official selection
  • Durban International Film Festival
    Durban
    South Africa
    July 19, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Durban International Film Festival
    Durban
    South Africa
    July 27, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Knysna Film Festival
    Knysna
    South Africa
    October 31, 2019
    Nomination for Best Documentary
  • African Human Rights Film Festival
    Andriesvale
    South Africa
    October 18, 2019
  • Africa in Motion film festival
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    October 27, 2019
    United Kingdom Premiere
  • Afrikamera Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    November 8, 2019
    European Premiere
  • AFRIFF
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    November 13, 2019
    Nigerian premiere
    Semi-finalist best documentary
Distribution Information
  • Icarus Films
    Distributor
    Country: United States
    Rights: All Rights
    Country: United States
    Rights: All Rights
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