The conflict in Africa created a major impact in the nation and people, as well as influenced other nations to aid their suffering and support in ending this ordeal. Blood Diamond is a 2006 Amerian movie which depicted the conflict in Africa through a action-drama film. The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer, Jennifer Connelly as Maddy Bowen, and Djimon Honsou as Solomon Vandy. It was nominated for five academy awards, including best actor (DiCaprio) and best Supporting Actor (Honsou). Setting was in Sierra Leone during the 1990s when the civil war was occuring.
The film emphasized the suffering of slave laborers forced to work in mines through the character of Solomon, a Mende fisherman. He was one of the unfortunate ones who was taken from his family and forced to work at the mines. Danny and Solomon join together in a quest to recover a rare diamond, but were imprisoned by the Revolutionary United Front. During their imprisonment, Danny discovers that Solomon had found and hidden the diamond. They meet an American journalist, Maddy Bowen, who helps Solomon track down his family. However, deception surfaces from the relationship of the two men as Solomon discovers that Danny is using him to obtain the rare gem. He agrees to trade the diamond for information about the diamond market to stop the flow of blood diamonds from Africa and end the revolution. Both men embark on an adventure through the rebel territory to save Solomon's family and to give Danny ends up saving him and his son.
Critic Richard Roeper gave the film four thumbs up, and it was nominated for an Oscar of Best Picture. It was nominated for eight types of awards in total and won two Best Supporting Actor (Djimon Housou) and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Djimon Housou).
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2 comments:
This is very true and and haves a power history behind it. I think with this movie people should knoe how the gov't is tryin to get more money out of there properties. They try to say that they manufacture it but when we go the jewlery school to buy it they give us some out the market price . In which i dont think is right.
I also saw this movie and thought that it was very interesting. It is unfortunate that the lives of people are being taken for something as materialistic as a diamond. I think you chose a very interesting topic but what do you think people our age can do to help stop this.
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