Blood in the Mobile
Aug. 31st, 2012 12:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
keep_countingHopefully the link for this will work.
This is a documentary made by a Danish journalist (Frank Piasecki Poulsen), concerning Nokia's use of minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo, used in phones and other electronics. It is in English (though with a terrible, Danish accent from the journalist (-; ), with Danish subtitles. I'd basically urge you all to see it, though I'd like to warn for mentions of extreme violence and other things that might trigger, such as rape, war, extortion and slavery. Nothing obscene, bloody or violent is shown (or, indeed, happened on-camera) but it is referred to, so this isn't for the absolute faint of heart. But it is very interesting and makes me very thoughtful (and kind of angry, there at the end, but nevermind that). It's an hour and 22 minutes long.
You can watch it here and if the link doesn't work for you, because you're not in Denmark, hopefully it is somewhere else online. The movie is just the view-box to the left: press the start-button, and if that doesn't work the button right underneath that says 'se filmen' should work. The one beneath that 'se forsmag' is a small preview.
I'm not showing you this to declare war on Nokia or anything else, but because it's issues like this that interest me and that I ultimately want to work with once I'm done with school. Things like the situation in Congo, and the West's exploitation of this (as well as many other poor countries) are some of the things I think we need to be made much more aware of in general. We do all have a certain responsibility. We're just not very good at owning up to it.
I don't want to spark a major discussion on ethics and economy, slavery and differences; like the movie, things are left up to you personally on how you want to view all of this. No matter what, I do hope you take the time to watch it whenever, because it touches on issues that (should) concern all of us.
This is a documentary made by a Danish journalist (Frank Piasecki Poulsen), concerning Nokia's use of minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo, used in phones and other electronics. It is in English (though with a terrible, Danish accent from the journalist (-; ), with Danish subtitles. I'd basically urge you all to see it, though I'd like to warn for mentions of extreme violence and other things that might trigger, such as rape, war, extortion and slavery. Nothing obscene, bloody or violent is shown (or, indeed, happened on-camera) but it is referred to, so this isn't for the absolute faint of heart. But it is very interesting and makes me very thoughtful (and kind of angry, there at the end, but nevermind that). It's an hour and 22 minutes long.
You can watch it here and if the link doesn't work for you, because you're not in Denmark, hopefully it is somewhere else online. The movie is just the view-box to the left: press the start-button, and if that doesn't work the button right underneath that says 'se filmen' should work. The one beneath that 'se forsmag' is a small preview.
I'm not showing you this to declare war on Nokia or anything else, but because it's issues like this that interest me and that I ultimately want to work with once I'm done with school. Things like the situation in Congo, and the West's exploitation of this (as well as many other poor countries) are some of the things I think we need to be made much more aware of in general. We do all have a certain responsibility. We're just not very good at owning up to it.
I don't want to spark a major discussion on ethics and economy, slavery and differences; like the movie, things are left up to you personally on how you want to view all of this. No matter what, I do hope you take the time to watch it whenever, because it touches on issues that (should) concern all of us.
