2021 | Germany, DR Congo | Documentary

Water & Coltan

  • Swahili, Mashi English, French, German 52 mins
  • Director | Daniel Kötter
  • Writer | Daniel Kötter Anna Ptak
  • Producer | Daniel Kötter, Andrea Oberfeld ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro with Leoni Grützmacher

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Directed by Daniel Kötter in collaboration with Yasmine Bisimwa, Olande Byamungu and Christian Muhigwa | Distributed by María Vera (Kino Rebelde)

“Water & Coltan” transports its viewer directly to the places of the struggle of women in artisanal coltan mining camps in South Kivu in Democratic Republic of Congo. Superimposed with a posthuman near-future scenario of the former coal mining Ruhr area in Germany the 360° documentary immersive experience combines two local sides of one and the same violent global phenomenon: the extractivist relation to natural and human resources with its long-term consequences for the environment and society.

Extractivism environment coltan water natural resources