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This was a really good depiction of the blood diamond scandal. It really puts things into perspective when you think about the suffering people go through to get you what, a pretty shiny rock? It is just conspicuous consumption. Even now, those in Africa who are still panning for diamonds hardly get any money for their efforts and lack the education to know the true value of any find they make. This is a very disturbing depiction of the suffering people in these countries went through, but it is something people should see as a means of education and understanding.
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The copy that I watched said this would be 50 minutes and really it's 90. Also, I assumed this would be a re-hash of "National Geographic: Diamonds of War." Luckily, it was not.
This work starts way back at Cecil Rhodes and the DeBeers brothers in Southern Africa in the 1800s. It also covers more than Sierra Leone, speaking of Angola and the Congo.
This work warns viewers about disturbing images, but that just skimmed the surface. You hear of men, women, and children not only being maimed, but committing horrid acts of violence themselves. The work doesn't say much of the environment, but seeing what would have been lush, green land turn into turned over sand for miles and miles must be devastating for African biodiversity. I don't recall this work mentioning AIDS, but there is talk of dislocation, slavery, extreme poverty, and rape, so this must be exacerbating the HIV pandemic in Africa.
In watching this, I was thinking, maybe people need to turn on diamonds, in the same way that some no longer value furs. However, this work (and National Geographic's) implied that it is very difficult to tell what is a "conflict diamond." In the same way that the movie "Monster" ends with the message that the viewer can do nothing about the defendant, this work kinda suggests the problems will continue so long as somebody values the gem.
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