The Shadow of Gold
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Join us for an online screening of
In partnership withThe Goldsmiths' Centre and the Incorporation of Goldsmiths
Following the successful UK film premiere in March at the Goldsmiths' Centre there is now another chance to catch this incredibly moving film and this time you can join us from wherever you are.
Date Wed 24 June 2020Time 6:00pm-8:00pmPrice £5Venue Online - via Zoom
The film reveals that glittering gold has a dark shadow, taking an unflinching look at how the world's favourite precious metal is extracted from the earth. It explores both the big-time mining companies that dig deep and lop off mountaintops to extract gold from low-grade ore, and the small-time miners – an estimated 20 million people in the world's poorest nations – who extract gold by hand, often producing just enough to survive. https://youtu.be/9ZTyJxtQc6M But it doesn't leave it there: we meet engineers, scientists, and Fair-Trade advocates who work with miners to tackle gold's worst environmental and social problems. In an industrial-scale mine, we see new technology replacing cyanide-based processing with a biological process that leaves no toxic waste. We watch small-scale miners benefit from an environmentally friendly processes that replaces mercury and actually produces more gold. We meet Fair Trade jewellers who have created their own self-managed, transparent supply chain that ensures consumers know exactly where their gold comes from.The film screening will be followed by a showing of the original panel discussion with the film producer Sally Blake, Duncan Marshall of Betts Metals and Rachel Brass of Levin Sources chaired by our very own Anna Loucah[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]