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Clean electricity? The fight against child labor in cobalt mining!
On October 28th, 2025, directors and experts will discuss child labor and corruption in the energy transition at the Potsdam Film Museum.
Clean electricity? The fight against child labor in cobalt mining!
As part of the Ecofilm Tour 2025, an exciting documentary film: “Cobalt in Focus” will be shown on October 28th at the Potsdam Film Museum. Directors Arnaud Zajtman and Quentin Noirfalisse have created an insightful film that critically deals with issues such as child labor, corruption and global dependencies in electromobility. Understandably, this film has already won the Future Film Prize of the Ecofilm Tour 2025, which underlines its thematic content.
Following the screening, there will be an audience discussion at which Arnaud Zajtman and Jan-Ulrich Dittmer from Amnesty International Germany and other guests will be present. The discussion will be led by Julia Vismann, a moderator from rbb radioeins. This is an excellent opportunity for the audience to actively participate in the topics and ask questions.
All information about the event
Let's take a look at the practical details: The event will take place at the Filmmuseum Potsdam, at Breite Straße 1A, 14467 Potsdam. The entry price is 5 euros, which is a real bargain for such an important topic. Tickets can be booked either by phone on 0331-2718112 or online via the Filmmuseum website. More information can also be found on the Ecofilm Tour website.
The film's themes are particularly relevant at a time when more and more people are switching to sustainable energy and at the same time becoming aware of the downsides that can accompany these changes. A very current topic when you consider that cobalt plays a central role in electromobility and its mining is often associated with difficult conditions for workers.
The Bridge to Fiction: Interstellar
To further fuel the discourse about Earth and humanity, one could also look at the film “Interstellar”. In this story, set in a dystopian future, humanity battles a dire food crisis. Cooper, a former NASA pilot, and his team try to save the fate of humanity by exploring new habitable planets. The film impressively shows the changes our planet has experienced as a result of structural dependencies and human error. The question remains: What happens if our own planet becomes uninhabitable?
But back to the here and now: The discussions in Potsdam can provide an impetus for reflecting on our own attitude towards the environment and the resources around us. The question of how clean the energy transition really is can certainly not be answered with just a visit to the cinema.
The combination of film screening and subsequent discussion gives those present the opportunity to actively address these important questions. What will our future look like if we do not take challenges such as child labor and corporate manipulation seriously? A thought-provoking thought that each of us should take home with us.