Blood Diamond
Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - a South African mercenary - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.
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Why I love Blood Diamond?
What make this movie so memorable to me was how it seamlessly woven an intricate web of suspense, love, comraderie and hate so powerful, it drove the message across loud and clear. With a deep political undertone, Leonardo portrays the role of an ex-soldier deeply rooted in the bloody trade in Africa to such perfection, complete with the right slanged English and healthy looking tan... it is little wonder how he was nominated for the Annual Golden Globe Award 2007 under the category "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama"See full review on my blog
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Related links on Blood Diamond the movie
- "Blood Diamond" on Warners Bros
- The official website for the movie
- "Blood Diamond" on IMDB
- "Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - a South African mercenary - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have"
- "Blood Diamond" on Wikipedia
- "Blood Diamond is a 2006 film directed and produced by Edward Zwick. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou. The title refers to blood diamonds (or conflict diamonds), which are diamonds mined in war zones and are sold to finance the conflicts"
- "Blood Diamond" on Yahoo! Movie
- "Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Danny Archer, a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy, a Mende fisherman are joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon--who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields--has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen, an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have"
- "Blood Diamond" on Rotten Tomato
- "Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that enveloped 1990s Sierra Leone, "Blood Diamond" is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), an ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe, and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories and their circumstances are as different as any can be until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond, the kind of stone that can transform a life%u2026or end it"
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- "Rupert Isaacson has dealt with the real life blood diamond industry in Botswana. There are a couple of links on this lens to groups he is associated with - The Indigenous Land Rights fund and Diamonds for Africa."
Leonardo di Caprio as Danny Archer
Archer, who has made his living trading diamonds for arms, learns of a hidden rare stone (see below) while in prison for smuggling. He knows a diamond like this is a once-in-a-lifetime find-valuable enough to be his ticket out of Africa and away from the cycle of violence and corruption in which he has been a willing player.Related links
More on Leonardo on IMDB
Leonardo di Caprio Official Site
Leonardo nominated in the Annual Golden Globe Award 2007
Djimon Hounsou as Solomon Vandy
Solomon, who has been taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields, finds the extraordinary gem and hides it at great risk, knowing if he is discovered, he will be killed instantly. But he also knows the diamond could not only provide the means to save his wife and daughters from a life as refugees but also help rescue his son, Dia, from an even worse fate as a child soldier.Related links
Djimon Hounsou on IMDB
Djimon Hounsou on Hollywood.com
Djimon Hounsou on Rotten Tomatoes
Jennifer Connelly as Maddy Bowen
Maddy Bowen, an idealistic American journalist who is in Sierra Leone to uncover the truth behind conflict diamonds, exposing the complicity of diamond industry leaders who have chosen profits over principles. Maddy seeks out Archer as a source for her article, but soon finds it is he who needs her even more.Related links
Jennifer Connelly on Wikiepedia
Jennifer Connelly on IMDB
Jennifer Connelly Fan Site
So what the hell are blood diamonds?
Find out more on blood diamonds, the main theme of the entire on the movie, and discover how you can do your part while keeping that bling-bang on your finger.
- Information on blood diamond from Wikipedia
- A blood diamond (also called a conflict diamond or a war diamond) is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold, usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgent or invading army's war efforts.
- Stop Blood Diamonds!
- "Stop Blood Diamonds" is an organization pledged to stopping the exploitation of the diamond trade by human rights abusers. Blood diamonds, often called conflict diamonds, are mined in war torn African countries by rebels to fund their conflict. The rebels grossly abuse human rights, often murdering and enslaving the local populations to mine the diamonds.
- Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
- The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is a process designed to certify the origin of diamonds from sources which are free of conflict. The process was established in 2002 to prevent rebel groups and their rivals from financing their war aims from diamond sales. The certification scheme aims at preventing these "conflict diamonds" (also known as "blood diamonds") from entering the mainstream rough diamond market. It was set up to try to assure consumers that by purchasing diamonds they were not financing war and human rights abuses.
- United Nations - Blood Diamond
- "Diamonds are forever" it is often said. But lives are not. We must spare people the ordeal of war, mutilations and death for the sake of conflict diamonds.
- Global Policy Forum on Blood Diamond
- This website looks at how the mining and trade of diamonds fuels deadly conflicts. Since the early years of the 20th century, when Cecil Rhodes sowed tribal strife in South Africa to gain control of rich diamond deposits, diamonds have often been associated with violence and misery - the very opposite of the advertising images of diamonds as symbols of joy and love. The connection between diamonds and conflicts goes far beyond rebel groups seizing control of diamond-rich areas and selling the precious gems for arms and war supplies.
Buying diamonds?
Make sure your jeweler stops the blood diamonds trade by supporting conflict free diamonds. We can stop the blood diamond situation in Africa by purchasing legitimate diamonds. Botswana used to be a poor farm country but today its government works hand in hand with the Diamond industry to give Botswana a living standard 7 times higher than its neighbors.
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Books on Blood Diamond
Did the movie move you beyond the edge of your seats and got its way into your heart? Get into the depth of the matters with these selected reads from Amazon.
Blood Diamonds: Tracing The Deadly Path Of The World's Most Precious Stones
Amazon Price: $12.44 (as of 12/22/2009) 
Blood Diamonds (Ben and Danielle)
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Blood Diamonds Level 1 Beginner/Elementary Book with Audio CD Pack (Cambridge English Readers)
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Heart of Diamonds: A Novel of Scandal, Love and Death in the Congo
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