Blood in the Mobile
2010 · 83 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 507 VOTES · DIR. Frank Piasechi Poulsen
Overview
The production of phones has a dark, bloody side. The main part of minerals used to produce phones is coming from the mines in the Eastern DR Congo. The Western World is buying these so-called conflict minerals and thereby finances a civil war that, according to human rights organisations, has been the bloodiest conflict since World War II: During the last 15 years the conflict has cost the lives of more than 5 million people and 300,000 women have been raped. The war will continue as long as armed groups can finance their warfare by selling minerals. The Documentary Blood in the Mobile 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.
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00:00:33 Minerals from The Democratic Republic of Congo are used in mobile phones
00:04:07 But I´ll take your contact details, and then we´ll make sure to get back.
00:08:24 Kampekampe says I have to go to Kivu to look for blood minerals.
00:12:39 -And the armed groups of the area?
00:14:56 It´s not a joke, so be careful. Be careful.
00:17:55 It´s really dynamic. They set up a place, maintain it and move off.
00:20:37 Just stop the engine!
00:23:45 Because anything can happen.
00:27:03 -Ah, that´s very nice.
00:30:44 -Do you know where this comes from?
00:35:14 I begin to get a feeling of how big the mine in Bisie must be.
00:41:23 This is what I´ve been looking for.
00:47:17 Why are you filming?
00:51:28 This means that you can use the information we give you-
00:53:59 There is no mechanism to determine where the raw material is coming from.
00:56:57 Bisie would be here. In the white area, where there is no geology.
00:59:42 Who they get their stuff from, and how much they pay for it.
01:02:29 To put out your supply chain on your website for instance.
01:05:34 -that will make blood minerals illegal.
01:08:25 -of working on multiple fronts.
01:12:02 We´ve finished up a meeting. Are you going to film walking in?
01:14:54 -Please sign in here. -Yes.
01:17:50 And the concern is not just among companies.
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