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THE COST OF COBALT
A STUDIO 9 FILMS PRODUCTION FOR
AL JAZEERA PEOPLE AND POWER
SUPPORTED BY THE PULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING
Is the West’s growing appetite for cobalt, a metal vital for electric cars, causing birth defects in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
The film was a finalist in the Reportage Medium category at the 2021 DIG Awards and an official selection at the Global Health Film festival. Watch it on Al Jazeera here.
Executive Producer/ Edit Producer: Fiona Lloyd-Davies
Director/ Cinematographer: Robert Flummerfelt
Field Producer: Jack Kahorha
Fixer/ translator: Benjamin Kubako Mukendi
Second drone operator: Vince Kaleta
Head of Production: Bella Barr
Production co-ordinator: Natasha Branson
Picture editor: Damian Leask
Online editor: Boyd Nagle
Dubbing Mixer: Peregrine Andrews
Composer: Billy Jupp
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