Every day they go to work, they have no idea whether they will return home alive. They are Zama Zamas – men who risk everything to go deep underground in South Africaβs dangerous disused gold mines to scratch a living.
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Poverty forces them beneath the earth to search for gold. Some will be arrested for illegal mining. Some will die. In βWe are Zama Zamaβ, #BBCAfricaEye tells their stories.
The events in this film were captured by an independent filmmaker and acquired by the BBC. The film has been re-edited from a longer version.
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CREDITS:
A Rocam Productions, LLC film
Directed and Produced by Rosalind Morris
Director of Cinematography β Ebrahim Hajee
Edited by Pascal Ploetz Troemel
Consulting Producer β Bette Gordon
Associate Producers β Yvette ChristiansΓ«, Sue Roppel and David Roppel, Katherine Hill and Andrew Hill
Underground Cameras β Rogers βBhekaniβ Mumpande, Prosper βProβ Ncube, Darren βJahmanβ Munenge
Sound Recording β Musa Radebe
Sound Concept β Pascal Ploetz Troemel
Sound Design β Tim Korn
Foley Artist β Tommy Stang
Colourist β Jeff Sousa
Post-Production Supervision β Christina Wood
BBC Production Manager β Simon Frost
BBC Digital Producer β Courtney Bembridge
BBC Social Media Producer β Anusha Kumar
BBC Reversioning Producer β Anna Payton
BBC Executive Producer β Bilkisu Labaran
BBC Africa Eye Editor β Tom Watson
Music:
βShearedβ
Performed by Julia Kent
Written by Julia Kent
Published by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing
Administered by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing
Licensed courtesy The Leaf Label
βFlag of No Countryβ
Performed by Julia Kent
Written by Julia Kent
Published by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing
Administered by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing
Licensed courtesy of The Leaf Label
βEmpty Statesβ
Performed by Julia Kent
Written by Julia Kent
Published by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing
Administered by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing
Licensed courtesy of The Leaf Label
βWenu Se Goliβ
Performed by Lathozi Mpahleni Manqin Madosini
Written by Lathozi Mpahleni Manqin Madosini
Published by Melt 2000 S.A.
Administered by Sheer Publishing
βImaliβ
Performed by Black Motion, featuring Nokwazi
Written by Sipho Msiza, Roy Mabogwane, Bongani Mahosana and Nokwazi Dlamini
Published by Spirit Motion, Bombjeez Publishing and Faith Music
Administered by Sheer Publishing
Licensed by permission of Spirit Motion
βModakali IIβ
Performed by Lathozi Mpahleni Manqin Madosini
Written by Lathozi Mpahleni Manqin Madosini
Published by Melt 2000 S.A.
Administered by Sheer Publishing
Licensed by permission of Melt 2000 S.A.
βPhunyuka Bamphetheβ
Performed by Mandoza
Written by Mduduzi Edmond Tshabalala and David Domingoes Campos
Published by Groove Machine and Ndozino Publishing
Administered by Sheer Publishing
Licensed by permission of Universal Music
βTerrainβ
Performed by Julia Kent
Written by Julia Kent [BMI]Published by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing
Administered by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing
Licensed by permission of The Leaf Label
βNkatangaβ
Performed by Malatji
Written by Salaelo Selota and Candy Mokwena
Published by Live at the Shack Music Publishing
Licensed by permission of Soul Truth Music
βWild Westβ
Performed by Pro Kid
Written by Dumisani Mojalefe Tsotetsi/ Linda Mkhize
Published by Sheer Publishing, Gallo Music Publishers and Warner-Tamerlane Music Publishers
Licensed by permission of Gallo Records and Warner/Chappell Music
βWhatβs Going Onβ
Performed by Oliver Mtukudzi
Written by Oliver Mtukudzi
Published by Tuku Promotions
Administered by Sheer Publishing
Licensed by permission of Gallo Records
βBogobeβ
Performed by BLK JKS
Written by Themba Buthelezi, Johannes Makananise, Mpumelelo Mcata, Tshepang Ramoba
Used by permission of BLK JKS Music CC
Published by SONY/ATV
Licensed by permission of Secretly Canadian
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