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Film Screening and Panel Discussion – ‘Lithium Rising: The Race for Critical Minerals’

In collaboration with the Lau China Institute, King’s College London and the Bertelsmann Foundation, we are excited to announce the first UK screening of the new documentary-film ‘Lithium Rising: The Race for Critical Minerals’.

 

Join us from 18.30-20:15 on Wednesday 12th February 2025 at Bush House Auditorium for the screening & panel discussion with experts – including: Sam George, Director and Producer, ‘Lithium Rising: The Race for Critical Minerals’; Anna Chernova, Senior Research Fellow at Foreign Policy Centre; and, Dr Konstantinos Tsimonis, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Society at King’s College London.

 

The screening will start promptly at 18:30. Film run time: 70 minutes

This event is free to attend, but registration is required.

 

To register, please click here.

 

Film Synopsis

From the moment the smartphone alarm wakes us up in the morning, we begin our day relying on the lithium battery. The toothbrush, the e-bike, the laptop, tablet, camera, hearing aid and smartwatch. The weedwhacker. The pacemaker. From the mundane to the lifesaving, lithium powered devices get us through the day.

 

The demand for lithium batteries has skyrocketed in just a few years. This trend is forecast to accelerate with the global transition to electric vehicles.

 

Access to minerals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel has emerged as a vital geopolitical, economic and social concern. So where do these minerals come from? And who controls the supply chain?

 

From the lithium flats of South America, to the cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; from nickel smelters in Indonesia, to battery gigafactories in Northern France, to recycling plants in rural Georgia, this new film, directed by the award-winning documentarian Samuel George, brings the viewer up close and personal with the people and communities impacted by this global transition.

 

It is a journey to the frontline of energy in the 21st century. And the race is on.

 

Watch the trailer here.

 

 

When February 12, 2025 18:30 to 20:15
Where

Bush House, Strand campus, 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG

Speakers

Sam George, Producer and Director, ‘Lithium Rising: The Race for Critical Minerals’

 

Anna Chernova, Senior Research Fellow, Foreign Policy Centre

 

Dr Konstantinos Tsimonis, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Society, King’s College London

 

 

 

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