Raw materials · DR Congo
Clean Cars, Dirty Batteries
Writer · Vanessa Schlesier with Lukas Augustin
About the film
Cobalt used in electric-car and smartphone batteries is mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, often under inhumane conditions. The film traces the raw material through the supply chain and meets the people paying the human price of the energy transition.
Credits
- Year
- 2020
- Broadcaster
- ZDFinfo
- Length
- 43 minutes
- Authors
- Lukas Augustin, Vanessa Schlesier
- Themes
- Congo · cobalt · supply chains