Blood Diamond is a film that was released in 2006, directed and produced by Edward Zwick, obtaining five Oscar nominations.. By then, the conflict in which it was set: The Sierra Leone Civil War in Africa, between 1991 and 2002, had already ended. But, more than a movie, which tells a story between truths and myths, this is how all those diamonds, extracted from the area and its surroundings, were called, which were used by the rebels of the FRU (Revolutionary United Front), to buy and finance their weapons.
We must say that the film narrates a real geopolitical situation, not only in Sierra Leone, but in other African countries such as Angola, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; where most of the inhabitants were enslaved and exploited, since they had to manually extract the expensive stones from the rivers, which many houses and brands in the world bought for some time. Turning all this into a true experience of terror for the entire world, where human rights were permanently violated.
If we continue with the myths and truths, the Sierra Leone region is mined for diamonds and today beautiful pieces have been found that have broken records in size and sales. Such is the case of the recent find, where Pastor Emmanuel Momoh, discovered the largest virgin diamond in the region, in the last four decades: A 706-carat diamond. Already in 1972, a group of miners had managed to find one of 968.9 carats that was later sold for 2.5 million dollars.
Therefore, if we return to the fiction of the cinema, we clearly see that the film shows the story of an inhabitant of the area who is kidnapped and enslaved, to dedicate himself to the search for diamonds, running with the luck of finding a very valuable one that manages to bury and hide The story itself tells the life of some characters that have not existed, but that do represent a truth lived by many and that was also devastating.
We cannot deny that jewels have always been a center of attraction for the world, not only because of the beauty itself, but also because of the value that many of these stones manage to have, after being delicately worked and transformed. Diamonds are one of those beautiful stones that are on the table every day and that manage, along with others, to drive great and different personalities crazy. We already know that many of them are extracted from the regions already mentioned, which are full of mineral and natural riches.
Despite all this, you should never go back to blood diamonds, nothing justifies what happened there. Here we find, then, the importance of this great film, to show the world more openly, what thousands of people suffered for ambition and power. If you haven’t seen it yet, look it up because you’ll see a great story.