Today cell phones are everywhere. The main part of minerals used to produce them, however, is coming from the mines in Eastern Congo. By buying these materials, the Western world finances a civil war that, according to human rights organisations, has been the bloodiest conflict since World War II.

Unveiling the shocking link between mobile phone production and DR Congo’s civil war, this eye-opening documentary reveals the human rights violations that lie behind our everyday technologies. This difficult yet essential watch includes an alarming journey to the hellish cassiterite mines.