The mobile phone is a remarkable piece of
engineering. But look inside. There’s blood in this machine. There’s
blood in this device because your mobile contains tiny electronic
circuits, and they couldn’t work without mineral called COLTAN. It’s
mined in the eastern Congo. There is blood here, the blood of Congolese
who are dying in a terrible conflict.
The West’s demand for Coltan, used in mobile phones
and computers, is funding the killings in Congo. Under the close watch
of rebel militias, children as young as ten work the mines hunting for
this black gold. ‘Blood Coltan’ exposes the web of powerful interests
protecting this blood trade. Meet the powerful warlords who enslave
local population and the European businessmen who continue importing
Coltan, in defiance of the UN. (Excerpt
from javafilms.fr)