Blood in the mobile. Mining in the Congo
Description
Shows the connection between our phones and the civil war in the Congo. Director Frank Poulsen travels to DR Congo to see the illegal mine industry with his own eyes. He gets access to Congo's largest tin-mine, which is being controlled by different armed groups, and where children work for days in narrow mine tunnels to dig out the minerals that end up in our phones.
Runtime
83 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2011
Database
Alexander Street
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