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    believe that selling diamonds would create a social conflict because a company can run the risk of selling blood diamonds without even knowing‚ even though it can give a great profit to a jewelry company. Blood diamonds or conflict diamonds are “diamonds that come from areas where there is conflict such as violence groups and rebels that are protestors against their government like war zones. These diamonds are obtained in using slaves or slave-people regime. Usually‚ blood diamonds are associated with

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    Ryan Conde QU301 Skyers Blood Diamonds Conflict diamonds are most commonly found in Africa‚ and are mined by slaves. The diamonds mined in this area were coined “blood diamonds” because enabled violence and destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives. I believe that as a global community we allowed‚ and sometimes encouraged the trade of conflict diamonds. Conflict diamonds derived from war zones and were sold to fuel insurgencies and guerilla groups. The lack of care was especially apparent

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    Maddy Bowen (played by Jennifer Connelly) in the film: Blood Diamond (2006) by director Edward Zwick. Maddy Bowen‚ an American journalist went to Africa to make a change but it was Africa who changed her. Danny Archer‚ (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) is a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. While in jail for smuggling conflict diamonds‚ Archer overheard a wounded commander telling the prisoners of a large rare pink coloured diamond that Solomon Vandy (played by Djimon Hounsou) found.

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    English 102-603 Movie Evaluation 2 March 2013 Blood Diamonds Blood Diamonds explores the underground world of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone‚ where rare diamonds are used to fund military rebels at war. The film is based on Archer‚ a man with a survival instinct and a passion for collecting conflict diamonds. Archer finds himself involved with Solomon‚ a fisherman who was kidnapped and forced into slavery. Solomon was forced to work in the diamond mining fields under the command of a cruel fearless

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    that truly deserves this title is Blood Diamond. In Blood Diamond the director Edward Zwick was very smart when strategizing how each and every scene would play out in the film. He made thorough decisions on which moves each character should make and how the interactions among them would be in each scene. All of this planning was done for the sake of clearly understanding the story. The transitions in the film also easily made you feel as if you are part of the diamond trade itself. Piece by piece Zwick

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    Ryan A. Barker Civic & Cultural Literacy I Mr. Rand 12-14-12 Blood Diamond is a movie about the illegal diamond trade in West Africa‚ the Sierra Leone Civil War‚ and the personal story of a man named Solomon trying to find his son. Ty Burr wrote a review on this film and claims that he enjoyed it but there were some parts in which he said that it was just like any other movie. I agree with Burr on many of his points about the film‚ that it was a very entertaining movie but it did not stand

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    million. Almost have of the population lives off of subsistence agriculture‚ however‚ Diamond mining is considered for half of Sierra Leone’s exports. Diamonds were first discovered in Sierra Leone in 1930‚ and a war broke out between 1991 and 2002 over diamonds that led to the name blood diamonds. Blood diamonds are defined by diamond mining in a war zone‚ that people trade the diamonds for guns so then the diamonds go on to be sold to companies. It was not till January 1999‚ when people all round

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    Blood Diamonds: The Real Cost of Diamonds Sierra Leone is blessed with some of the world’s richest resources such as titanium‚ gold‚ and diamonds. Despite these rich resources‚ Sierra Leone ranked last on the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index in 2001‚ making Sierra Leone the poorest country in the world at that time. (Renner‚ 2002‚ p. 22) So how can a country so rich in resources be so poor? Sierra Leone’s extreme poverty level is caused by the diamonds they mine and

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    Would you buy a Blood Diamond? Stylistic Analysis Film 1010-200 July 14‚ 2011 The movie Blood Diamond is an action/adventure and drama movie. It was shot all around Mozambique to give off the scenery of Sierra Leone. The movie shows different villages in different scenarios‚ with rich natural colors like brown‚ green‚ red etc. The cities are portrayed as hectic and intimidating‚ dirty and poor. The actors in the movie are dressed in neutral colored clothes which are dirty and torn. The clothes

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    The makers of “Blood Diamond‚” an exceptionally thriller starring a most excellent Leonardo DiCaprio‚ want you to know there may be blood on your hands‚ specifically your wedding finger. The story involves so-called conflict diamonds‚ illicitly mined stones that have been used to finance some of the most vicious wars in Africa. If films were judged solely by their good intentions‚ this one would be best in show. Instead‚ gilded in money and dripping with sanctimony‚ confused and mindlessly contradictory

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