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Lithium Rising: the Race for Critical Minerals

(Lithium Rising: the Race for Critical Minerals)
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Original Title : Lithium Rising: the Race for Critical Minerals
Time : 58 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2025
Director : Samuel George
Writer : No data available
Producer : No data available
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : As green technologies continue to be developed at increasing rates, old paradigms of extraction and exploitation of the Global South are being reimagined for a new era. Lithium Rising illuminates the troubling dirty underpinnings of clean ...See moreAs green technologies continue to be developed at increasing rates, old paradigms of extraction and exploitation of the Global South are being reimagined for a new era. Lithium Rising illuminates the troubling dirty underpinnings of clean power. From the moment the smartphone alarm wakes us up in the morning, we begin our day relying on the lithium battery. From mundane tasks to lifesaving realities, lithium-powered devices get us through the day. Yet, access to the critical minerals that power a battery has become a vital geopolitical, economic, and social concern. Filmed across five continents, Lithium Rising explores how the drive to decarbonize has sparked fierce geopolitical competition, while also imposing steep costs on vulnerable communities on the front lines of mineral extraction. From the salt flats of the Andean highlands to the cobalt pits of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the film meets miners, indigenous leaders, titans of industry, and policymakers navigating the promises and perils of this new resource boom. All too often the stories are the same, as global and national corporations alike seek maximum benefit at the expense of local communities without the economic or political power for self-determination. Whether it's water scarcity threatening communities in the Atacama, echoes of the far-right dictatorship in Chile, or tribal tensions over lithium extraction in Nevada, where Native communities have been increasingly concentrated, the film reveals how the race for a dominance over green technology risks repeating the extractive injustice of the industrial revolution and fossil fuel economy. With striking access to workers at all levels of the mineral industry, and sweeping visuals, the film asks viewers to consider who benefits from the green boom, and who gets left behind? Lithium Rising is an urgent, human-centered exploration of the hidden costs of the electric age. See less Read more: Plot summary

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