Is lithium an answer to the imminent energy crisis and the key to the future? A high-stakes power play with global repercussions is going on around us. In a time when there is a shortage of global resources while energy prices increase, lithium is becoming one of the most in-demand natural resources of the 21st century. Lithium is the basis for a new kind of battery technology and has become essential to the rise of electronic mobility. Written and directed by Andreas Pichler and Julio Weiss.