Frank Mukunday and Tétshim: Machini (2019)

An animated short made using chalk and debris shows the environmental and human destruction in a region fueling the greener future it may never see. In Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, mining extracts copper, cobalt, and lithium—the minerals powering electric vehicles and the global transition to clean energy. Machini, by self-taught artists Frank Mukunday and Tétshim, explores the influence of mining on the city and its people.