Behind the Screen - The Life of my Computer
Seven computers per second are produced worldwide. Behind the Screen casts a formidable glance behind the facade of the electronics industry. The starting point is Ghana’s rainforest. There, young gold diggers stand up to their knees in mud. They slave away in the tropical heat with shovels and pickaxes. Gold has become a curse for them, as large mining companies have long been taking the valuable land away from them and the rivers have been poisoned by the quicksilver and cyanide used for extraction. The collected gold finds its way to computers’ circuit boards. The price of electronics has...
Orig. Title
Behind the Screen – Das Leben meines Computers
Behind the Screen – Das Leben meines Computers
Year
2011
2011
Country
Austria
Austria
Duration
60 min
60 min