A film series that explores ecological crises and possible visions of the future. Every last Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
Low-barrier, air-conditioned and breastfeeding-friendly
Climate | Crises | Utopias – Kinemathek Karlsruhe
at the cinema
Original version with German subtitles | (e) English subtitles
Screening with introduction/film talk
Saal Held in the Saal | Box Held in the Box | Foyer Held in the Foyer | Out & about open air & other venues
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October/ Fri 30.
Jens Schanze, DE 2026; 89′
Materia Prima
Jens Schanze, DE 2026; 89′
- Screening with introduction/film talk
Bolivia has the world's largest deposits of lithium, a metal that is essential for the energy transition. Without lithium, no electricity storage facility, no data centre, no electric car, no smartphone would work. The Europeans want the raw material to save their automotive industry. The Bolivians want it to combat poverty. While the Bolivian government negotiates with corporations from around the world, civil society groups are mobilising in rural areas, organised mainly by women. The film offers a rare insight into the Europeans' strategy to secure the sought-after material and carves out the conflicting interests towards extractivism and industrialisation in Bolivia.
According to scientific evidence, global climate change is irreversible; at best, its effects can still be mitigated. Nevertheless, political decision-makers in the Global North downplay it and, in some cases, even deny it, while the Global South bears a disproportionate burden of the consequences of the climate catastrophe—largely through no fault of its own.
We aim to explore these related topics through documentaries and feature films on the last Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m., followed by a discussion with the audience and guests.
Anyone wishing to participate in the series should please write to: kimlotte.stoeber@kinemathek-karlsruhe.de
(Text: Film Group Climate | Crises | Utopias)