BLOOD DIAMOND

It will cost you everything.

Blood Diamond is a 2006 political thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwickand starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and DjimonHounsou. The title refers to blood diamonds, which are diamonds mined in African war zones and sold to finance conflicts, and thereby profit warlords and diamond companies across the world.

Set during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1992-2002, the film shows a country torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebel forces. It also portrays many of the atrocities of that war, including the rebels' amputation of people's hands to discourage them from voting in upcoming elections.

The film's ending, in which a conference is held concerning blood diamonds, is in reference to an actual meeting that took place in Kimberley, South Africa in 2000 and led to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which seeks to certify the origin of rough diamonds in order to curb the trade in conflict diamonds.

WHY THIS FILM?

In the film, one gets to hear that 'People are people.' Another character mentions; 'People are inherently good; but circumstances make them evil.' The film establishes the evil in man. It speaks of greed & the length to which people will go if they can make money. The lure of lucre makes man lower than an animal; considering that animals do not kill for lucre. It looks at shady corporations that can stoop to barbaric levels to earn billions in profit. 

An intense film that portrays the exploitation of people to satiate greed.

One could also consider the film, Hotel Rwanda.