But its setting, 1990s Sierra Leone, is real, and Zwick (The Last Samurai, The Siege) and cinematographer Eduardo Serra -- who also shot the luminous Girl with a Pearl Earring, among other beautiful-looking films -- put it on the screen in a gorgeously gritty way, the dramatic landscapes of Africa looking both lush and ravaged, so that we understand why people have fought over these places and see the result of that fighting at the same time...
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This is one of the more beautiful ugly films I've ever seen -- one visual juxtaposition in particular sticks with me, of a party at a bar on a pier at the edge of a city while the flashes of explosions, the herald of approaching rebel militias, light up the sky in the distance, the partyers all but oblivious...
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Blood Diamonds These diamonds are being mined throughout Africa in countries such as Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...	1 / 253
Blood Diamonds -Although the United Nations first identified the conflict diamond issue in 1998 as a source of funding for war , it was the diamond industry that took steps to address the conflict diamond issue by convening a meeting to plan a process by which diamond origin could be certified...	1 / 263
Children of the Blood Diamond Blood was spilt and ran freely in the streets but these solider’s had no regrets. The civil war of Sierra Leone had nearly broken them, but maybe, just maybe through rehabilitation, time and tender loving care, these solider’s can once more be children...	2 / 301
Conflict Diamonds Any country can become a member of the Kimberley Process just by sending a letter to the organization's president, currently, the European Commission. Whether or not the country meets the standards of the Kimberley Process, it can still become a member...	2 / 473