Preview – “Blood In The Mobile”
<p>Blood in the Mobile Trailer from Blood in the Mobile on Vimeo.</p>
We should all be familiar with the mineral known as Coltan, variations of which can be found in numerous small electronic devices, like cell phones, PDAs, pagers, laptops, and others. You’re probably holding one of those devices in your hand right now, or will be shortly.
What you may not know is that the world gets the bulk of its supply of Coltan from the Democratic Republic of The Congo (DRC), the central African nation. By some accounts, about 80% of the world’s supply of Coltan comes from the DRC, and it is believed that exporting of Coltan from the DRC to the European and American electronics companies that make those ubiquitous devices, has helped finance present-day conflict in the DRC, which has killed an estimated 6.9 million people.
Lately, there’s been a worldwide push for the global electronics industry to take a more active role in ensuring a “conflict-free” raw minerals supply chain, encouraging an initiative to combat the problem.
The below documentary, titled, Blood In The Mobile, can be considered a player in that push, with its self-described mission to create awareness about the link between “conflict minerals” (like Coltan) and our electronic devices, forcing the manufacturers of these devices to keep track of their supply chain, so that they avoid using “conflict minerals,” child labor, and stop fueling dirty wars.
The documentary film is scheduled to debut in September 2010, and the filmmakers are seeking donations to assist on that front and others. So visit their website HERE for much more info.
In the meantime, check out the 3-minute trailer below:
h/t Bombastic E
