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Lithium Rising: The Race for Critical Materials

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Numéro de catalogue:  TVP136
Producteur:  Video Project, Inc.
Producteurs:  George, Samuel
Réalisateurs:  George, Samuel
Agences de production:  Dylan Reibling Productions Inc. and Telefilm Canada
Sujet:  Documentaire, Droit criminel, Études de l'environnement, Études mondiales, Études mondiales canadiennes, Nature, Problèmes mondiaux, Questions autochtones, Santé et Médecine, Science, Sciences sociales
Langue:  Anglais
Niveau scolaire:  9 - 12, Post-secondaire, Adulte
Pays d'origine:  United States
Année du droit d’auteur:  2025
Durée:  61:50


Demande de pré-visionnement

“Lithium Rising” is a journey through the global race for critical minerals - the metals powering our green transition – and asking who benefits and who gets left behind. Filmed across five continents, the documentary explores how the drive to decarbonize has sparked fierce geopolitical competition, while also imposing steep costs on vulnerable communities at the frontlines of extraction.

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WINNER - Chagrin Documentary Film Festival, Best US Documentary
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Global Peace Film Festival
Washington, D.C. International Film Festival
Nepal America International Film Festival


 

"Lithium Rising presents critical perspective while connecting emotionally to people around the world with nuance, humanity and the power of cinema." — Kelly Devine, Global Peace Film Festival
"Lithium Rising connects the complex global forces behind the energy transition to the everyday realities of people living its consequences, capturing every angle in a rigorous and compassionate manner. A must see." — Dr. Marc Ringel, Science Po Paris
"Fascinating look at the geopolitics of this issue but also the impact on local communities around the world."— Kezia McKeague, Managing Director, Brazil & Southern Cone, McLarty Associates
"A wonderful new film...quite an achievement."— Andrew Keen, entrepreneur / author

 

FILMMAKER'S STATEMENT: "Should cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo be avoided due to poor working conditions and child labor? Or would eschewing the country's minerals only punish one of the DRC's few reliable labor sectors? Is exhausting the water supply of a few indigenous communities in the deserts of Chile justifiable if that water can be used to mine lithium that could save the planet? Can we mine our way out of a climate crisis? Or are modern capitalists hiding behind green buzzwords to strike it rich?
From 2023 through 2025, I explored these questions for the Bertelsmann Foundation. On five continents, my colleagues and I conducted more than 100 interviews with people ranging from cobalt miners in the DRC to power players in the upper echelons of the U.S. State Department. I met with industrialists zeroing in on epic paydays and the environmentalists trying to shut them down. I met with labor organizers fighting for unions at EV plants deep in the American South and with indigenous leaders fighting for job opportunities in the Bolivian highlands. What emerged from our journey is a discovery of a complex international ecosystem, with powerful nations maneuvering for control of supply chains and developing countries striving to turn natural wealth into a national opportunity." — Samuel George

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