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Dec 8, 2006 · BLOOD DIAMOND. Opens today nationwide. Directed by Edward Zwick; written by Charles Leavitt, based on a story by Mr. Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell; director of photography, Eduardo Serra; edited by ...
Apr 27, 2023 · The international outcry over blood diamonds, which brought attention to the corrupt and unsupervised diamond trade, originated in Sierra Leone. In the early nineties, the country’s lack of leadership and a lucrative yet unsupervised diamond trade prompted rebels to initiate a civil war. This invasion, and the bloody aftermath which ensued ...
Dec 8, 2006 · A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide. An ex-mercenary turned smuggler.
The first thing to understand is what qualifies a gemstone as a blood diamond. And the answer lies in the conditions that surround its mining. By world definition, a blood diamond is when mining and trade directly or indirectly cause infringements in social and human rights. To put it simply, if a person was enslaved, raped, physically abused ...
Aug 5, 2010 · Blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds, are defined by the UN as gems that originate from areas controlled by forces or factions opposed to legitimate and internationally recognised ...
Dec 8, 2006 · Purchase Blood Diamond on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Academy Award® nominees Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou join Academy Award® winner Jennifer Connelly in this action drama from Ed Zwick, the filmmaker behind The Last Samurai. DiCaprio stars as Danny Archer, a mercenary smuggler searching for a priceless diamond amid the chaos of Sierra Leone's civil war ...
