White Gold

Lithium, Power, and the Andes

By Samuel George
22min2026
Latin American LithiumCritical MineralsMining and Human RightsIndigenous Communities

In Bolivia and Chile, at the lithium-rich heart of Latin America, a global mining boom is accelerating as demand for electric vehicle batteries fuels a scramble for critical minerals—raising urgent questions about power, profit, Indigenous lands, and the true cost of clean energy.

The Fight for West Virginia

Elections, coal’s decline, and political change in West Virginia. In the heart of West Virginia, this documentary tracks Richard Ojeda's quest to flip a red seat blue. It’s November 2018, and the United States lurches towards a critical mid-term election with democracy at a crossroads. In West Virginia, State Senator Richard Ojeda, a former Major in the U.S. Army, runs for Congress as a Democrat in a deeply Republican district. Can he flip a red seat blue? Can laid-off coal miners learn computer coding and find employment in the new digital economy? And can a group of young woman band together after opioid addiction to successfully restart their lives? This is The Fight for West Virginia.

The Fight for West Virginia