Blood in the Mobile
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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Cast
14 people
Frank Piasechi Poulsen Director
Worldwide gross $1.4K · First release September 1, 2010 · Produced in Germany, Denmark
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Worldwide gross
$1,428
Production
Chili Film
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Beetz Brothers Film Production
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Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion
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Koncern TV- og Filmproduktion
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Germany · Denmark
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
Denmark · September 1, 2010
Copenhagen premiere
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
March 11, 2011 · International Human Rights Film Festival
Finland
December 8, 2010 · TV premiere
Germany
November 29, 2010 · Theatrical
Japan
March 7, 2012 · TV premiere
Netherlands
November 18, 2010 · International Documentary Film Festival
Poland
May 11, 2011 · Planete Doc Review
Serbia
January 25, 2011 · European Feature Documentary Film Festival - Belgrade
United Kingdom
October 21, 2011 · Theatrical
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