The Cost of Cobalt (2021)
25m
Running Time
March 31, 2021Release Date
The Cost of Cobalt (2021)
25m
Running Time
March 31, 2021Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Scientists and doctors are finding increasing evidence of environmental pollution from industrial mining which, they believe, may be the cause of a range of malformations from cleft palate to some so serious the baby is stillborn. More than 60% of the world’s reserves of cobalt are in the DRC and this mineral is essential for the production of electric car batteries, which may be the key to reducing carbon emissions and to slowing climate change. In The Cost of Cobalt we meet the doctors treating the children affected and the scientists who are measuring the pollution. Cobalt may be part of the global solution to climate change, but is it right that Congo’s next generation pay the price with their health? Many are hoping that the more the world understands their plight, the more pressure will be put on the industry here to clean up its act.
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Cast & Crew.
Fiona Lloyd-Davies
Herself / Director / Executive Producer / Editor
Robert Flummerfelt
Himself / Director / Cinematography / Writer
Sébastien Mbuyi Musanzayi
Himself
Nadine Ngulala Mbuyamba
Herself
Célestin Banza Lubaba Nkulu
Himself
Mireille Neema
Herself
Tony Kayembe-Kitenge
Himself
Mwazo Koya
Himself
Fabien Mayani
Himself
Jack Kahorha
Field Director
Benjamin Kubako Mukendi
Translator
Vince Kaleta
Drone Operator
Bella Barr
Head of Production
Natasha Branson
Production Coordinator
Damian Leask
Editorial Staff
Boyd Nagle
Editorial Staff
Peregrine Andrews
Sound Mixer
Billy Jupp
Music
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
doctor
health
environmental issues
fish
climate change
scientist
mining
river
democratic republic of the congo
toxic
pollution
industry
babies
price
birth defect
batteries
enviroment
electric car
katanga conflict
cobalt
copper
mineral
environmental documentary
carbon
documental
urban carbon emissions
stillborn
emissions