Blood In The Mobile review

Multinational corporations exploit native resources and peoples – this is the dark truth of capitalism. And Blood in the Mobile is a great, if harrowing, reminder of the suffering that happens in the name of ‘civilisation’. Here, the target is Nokia, fingered for using ‘blood minerals’ in their mobile phones.

Frank Piasechi Poulsen travels to the infamous mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo to expose a process of extraction that not only violates countless human rights, but also funds a war in which armed groups rape, pillage and kill defenceless citizens. It is acknowledged that Nokia aren’t the only company to blame, but as Poulsen’s network, he pressures them to make their supply chain transparent and take responsibility for the terrible conditions on which their prosperity is built.

Inevitably, Poulsen is stonewalled at every turn, but his passion, perseverance, courage and journalistic integrity makes for a revealing doc – the human cost of that privilege in our pockets.