In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a miner digs for his dreams hoping the “grey gold” of coltan, used in much of today’s electronics, can bring his family back together.
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In a village nestled in the mountains of the Democratic Republic of Congo, everyone is looking for an answer to their problems. A teacher hopes to find it in educating his pupils for a better life, a policeman hopes to find it in establishing order, and a miner hopes to find it in coltan, an essential element used in manufacturing electronics.
The mineral is both a blessing and a curse to the locals. It may have brought wealth to some, but it has also brought a decades long war between numerous local groups backed by international players.
For many miners their dreams remain frustratingly underground, seemingly just out of reach.
But for one miner can this “grey gold” now bring his family back together?
00:00 Introduction: Congo’s Coltan Mines
01:25 The Miner’s Story
06:45 The Arrest
12:00 A Child Miner
15:45 Money Struggles
24:14 Tension in the village
27:06 New Arrivals
29:40 Getting the Best Price
30:59 A Family Apart
42:16 The Discovery
46:20 The Mine Collapses
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