Sierra Leone And The Civil War: Blood Diamond

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In 1991 there was a war that broke out in Sierra Leone. This war was known as the civil war. No one acted upon the blood diamond issue until sixteen years later when a Hollywood movie came to light called Blood Diamond. We all sat in a movie theatre and watched how we did nothing about the horrible disaster. We hung out in our seats and laid back to watch our visions and ethic be streamlined by dialogue, cinematography and the act of men and woman in addition, the ideal perfect clip edit or sound lead. A random person takes the action to create and orchestrate a certain exposure of Africa creating a piece of entertainment on an enormous issue in an ungodly manner. With no reason or purpose we see a film believing the accuracy it imposes …show more content…

The feature film is made in the time of 1999 in Sierra Leone in the course of the chaos of a civil war that was sustained by the competition in the period of the diamond trade. Solomon Vandy a vital character acted by Djimon Hounsou is a Mende fisherman who had been on a expedition to look for his son who had been kidnapped (Dia) and later the rebel army ravaged their village. Danny Archer, another vital character acted by award winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio, was created as a crooked diamond pirate who committed him self to help Solomon search for his son if he gave the pink diamond to him. The plan to find Dia as well as the diamond they both had to travel to and from many cities and forests while doing their best to get through the war that was going on with the government army and the rebels. In all, the feature Hollywood film Blood Diamond becomes a grotesque array of carnage and bloodshed as Danny Archer and Solomon Vandy pursue their most important …show more content…

Also the high publicity of the Hollywood film Blood Diamond and the influences it carries like the celebrity status and high value for advertisement. Though, the human disaster is over casted by spontaneous disturbances, and an underscore on impractical sub-plots and irregular cast development. The comparison to reality shows out in some form. The film Blood Diamond does not focus much on the reality of how miners are affected physically and psychologically. The audience views part real and part fiction of what really goes on in the diamond trade set in Sierra Leone. It is a sad fact that the Hollywood film received more publicity then the actual ongoing issues of the blood diamond trade (some personally

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