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Materia Prima

OV · OmU

Materia Prima (OmU) screens on 18 October 2026 at 19:00 at 3001 Kino in Hamburg.

19:00Sunday, October 18, 2026

3001 Kino

  • OmU

Bolivia has the world's largest deposits of lithium, a metal that is essential for the energy transition. Without lithium, no electricity storage facility, no data centre, no electric car, no smartphone would work. The Europeans want the raw material to save their automotive industry. The Bolivians want it to combat poverty. While the Bolivian government negotiates with corporations from around the world, civil society groups are mobilising in rural areas, organised mainly by women. The film offers a rare insight into the Europeans' strategy to secure the sought-after material and carves out the conflicting interests towards extractivism and industrialisation in Bolivia.

Synopsis: TMDb.

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