to decarbonize has sparked fierce geopolitical competition and LITHIUM RISING: THE RACE FOR CRITICAL MINERALS is a cinematic journey through the global race for the metals powering our green transition. miners, Indigenous leaders, industry titans and policymakers injustices of the past. the quest for a greener future risks repeating the extractive navigating the promises and perils of this new resource boom. Whether Filmed across five continents, the documentary explores how the drive pits of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the film introduces tensions over lithium extraction in Nevada, the program reveals how imposed steep costs on vulnerable communities on the frontlines of extraction. From the salt flats of the Andean highlands to the cobalt it's water scarcity threatening communities in the Atacama or tribal