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Critical Stories for a Complicated World. Documentary films by @bertelsmannfdn.bsky.social www.bfnadocs.org
Coming soon, screenings in Brussels - October 6, Berlin - November 4. !
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🚀 DC: Join us for the ASTROPOLITICS premiere!
🎬 Film screening
🍷 Networking
🎙 Expert panel
Explore the geopolitics of space & meet the next gen of transatlantic space leaders.
📅 July 22 | 📍 Downtown DC
🔗 register here: bit.ly/44Fv3IS
Great stuff yesterday helping kick off the DC International Film Festival with a full house for Lithium Rising!
Next up - NYC tomorrow night (4/28) with NYU - Join us! - lnkd.in/e7dhJ_BQ
The Lithium Rising continues!
Interested in the film? Check out these three *free* dates:
4/24 - Washington, DC w/ JHU SAIS - lnkd.in/eUjvxt3v
4/26 - DC Filmfest
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4/28 - New York City with NYU - lnkd.in/eAJSmEWK
& the Keen on America Podcast Interview here (lnkd.in/eM_yS3Fm)
"The Rules of our New Rechargeable Era" - Bertelsmann Foundation Documentaries' Director Samuel George joins the Keen on America podcast to discuss our new film, "Lithium Rising: The Race for Critical Minerals"
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Wonderful screening of "Lithium Rising: The Race for Critical Minerals" last night at New York University in DC with the Brademas Center and Americas Society!
Such an important topic. Let's keep the conversation rolling with Bertelsmann Foundation Documentaries!
Come join the Bertelsmann Foundation community!
10.04.2025 13:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 01. Summer Enrichment Series | 2025 | Call for Applications!
Are you a student or recent graduate near Washington, D.C. this summer? Interested in connecting with #space experts, discussing policy, and developing your professional network?
Another chance to catch "Lithium Rising: The Race for Critical Minerals" on the big screen in Washington, DC!
Join us the evening of April 9 at the NYU DC Brademus Center!
Details and Free RSVP here: www.nyu.edu/community/go...
Thrilled that our new short "Motown South: Organized Labor in the Battery Belt" will premiere in May at the Reel Work Film Festival in Santa Cruz, CA!
The EV industry is booming in the American South. But why there? This film dives into a new frontline for organized labor in the US.
film poster with film festival laurels
We’re thrilled to share that Lithium Rising has been officially selected for the 39th Annual Washington, DC International Film Festival! From electric vehicles to smartphones, lithium powers our world—but at what cost, and to whom?
Catch the film & join the conversation www.filmfestdc.org
Lithium Rising - an Official Selection of the 39th Annual Washington, DC International Film Fest!
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We can't seem to live without lithium batteries and the critical minerals that go in them. But who controls their supply? Who is impacted by the demand?
Great stuff presenting "Lithium Rising" yesterday at the University of San Francisco!
02.04.2025 17:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
"Go-Go City: Displacement & Protest in Washington, DC"
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Wonderful experience last night screening "Go-Go City" for NYU MLK Scholars! Always encouraging to talk things over with the next generation of leaders.
Want to learn more about the city of Washington DC, beyond the White House, the Capitol & mall? Check out "Go-Go City"- bfnadocs.org/go-go-city
Tonight at prime time on KLCSDT PBS Los Angeles! It's "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike", our film on the frontlines - and behinds the scenes - of a 106-day steelworkers strike in Western Pennsylvania.
Part of the ongoing national syndication of Local 1196 on PBS
Another chance to catch "Lithium Rising: The Race for Critical Minerals" on the big screen in Washington, DC!
Join us the evening of April 9 at the NYU DC Brademus Center!
Details and Free RSVP here: www.nyu.edu/community/go...
Don't feel like waiting for the TV broadcast in your area? Stream "Local 1196" today!
bfnadocs.org/local-1196-a...
The film embeds with leaders of a demographic widely stereotyped, sometimes taken for granted, sometimes ridiculed, but rarely given the chance to share their world, in their own words.
10.03.2025 18:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This film follow a 106-day steelworkers strike in Western PA. From late night conversations on the picket lines, to fiery debates at the union hall, to the living rooms of the members, themselves, this film gives unique insight and access into the daily struggles of America’s blue-collar workers.
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Very happy to share that this month begins the national broadcast of our film "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike" on PBS channels across the United States. Some early broadcast dates:
Los Angeles, CA - 3/18
Philadelphia, PA - 3/30
Washington, DC - 3/13
San Francisco, CA - 3/27
Wonderful to see our film "Lithium Rising" screen for policy and industry leaders from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Brazil and the UK at a lithium battery conference organized by @wiltonpark.bsky.social!
07.03.2025 15:01 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Want a deeper understanding of the shadowy politics, allegations of corruption and concerns around Chinese financing that has sparked current mass protests in Serbia?
Check out our film, "Tinderbox, Belt & Road: China in the Balkans" for frontline insight...
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BFNA Docs in Action! Director Samuel George kicks off the screening of "Lithium Rising" last night in Washington, DC
27.02.2025 20:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
image of documentary film Lithium Rising
post film screening panel
Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the DC premiere of Lithium Rising!
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A big thank you to our post film panel featuring former US Department of Energy Director Giulia Siccardo, Environmental Lawyer JingJing Zhang (the "Erin Brockovich of China"!), and fantastic moderation from author and podcast host @ajkeen.bsky.social
27.02.2025 15:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Lithium Rising", Washington, DC, 2.26
Bitter sweet, given the imminent closing of the legendary E Street Cinema. It was wonderful to pack the house one more time...
Stop 3 for the ‚Lithium Rising‘ mini EU screening tour! Thank you @bertelsmannst.bsky.social for hosting us! Looking forward to the post film discussion with @pwalkenhorst.bsky.social & Sam George on this topic with geopolitical implications!
17.02.2025 16:15 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Lithium Rising. Berlin, 2.17.25
Thank you very much to our colleagues at the @bertelsmannst.bsky.social for hosting!
A huge thank you to @amerikahaus.bsky.social for hosting the screening of Lithium Rising as part of the @munsecconf.bsky.social public events. We are especially grateful to Gov. Brian Kemp & Johanna Sydow for sharing their valuable insights & perspectives on the global race for critical minerals!
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