Dear colleagues,
You may be interested in a short film in a series collaboration
between the Young Vic and the Guardian newspaper. It's written and
directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, who recently played Patrice Lumumba in
Aime Cesaire's A Season in the Congo. The film imaginatively explores
the use of the mineral Columbite-tantalite in all digital devices, and
which has helped to fuel some of the most destructive African
conflicts of recent years.
This is a link to the film:
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2013/dec/11/columbite-tantalite-short-film-chiwetel-ejiofor-video
From this page there is also a link to a short article by Chiwetel
Ejiofor explaining how the idea for the film came to him, and there
are also links to more information about the mineral and the
conflicts.
All the best,
Pat Noxolo
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Dr Patricia Noxolo
Lecturer in Human Geography
Department of Geography,
University of Sheffield,
Winter Street,
Sheffield S10 2TN
UK
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