We recently watched a video in class called Blood Diamond after hearing critiques of it by Ishmeal Beah, the author of A Long Way Gone. The movie was about the war in Sierra Leone, specifically the blood diamond trade. A diamond smuggler, Daniel Archer, meets a Sierra Leonean that had lost his family in the midst of the war and was captured by the rebels as a miner in the camp. While he was mining, he found an extremely large diamond that he was able to hide. Fortunately for him, he was rescued/arrested at that moment and taken to Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. While he was in jail, Mr. Archer hears of his findings and bails him out. The both of them make a deal; half of the diamond for his family. They agree and then set out to go back to the mining camp to find the diamond. On their way they meet a journalist that is able to collect information from Mr. Archer and other facts about the war and the diamonds along their journey.
This movie shows a lot about what the war looked like, of course leaving out many details and making it "Hollywood-ified." Even though the violence may have been watered down, it still shocked me to see it all. After reading the book A Long Way Gone I knew about it, and read about it, but this was the first time that I actually saw it. A lot of people were spared in this movie that I am guessing would not have been if it were real life.
I think that this movie shows us what is really happening in other parts of the world that we choose not to get involved with. I don't know if other countries' involvement would have improved or changed the situation but it still makes people ask what would have happened. Looking at all of these things, it begs the question; what should we, or should we not be involved in? (337)
This movie shows a lot about what the war looked like, of course leaving out many details and making it "Hollywood-ified." Even though the violence may have been watered down, it still shocked me to see it all. After reading the book A Long Way Gone I knew about it, and read about it, but this was the first time that I actually saw it. A lot of people were spared in this movie that I am guessing would not have been if it were real life.
I think that this movie shows us what is really happening in other parts of the world that we choose not to get involved with. I don't know if other countries' involvement would have improved or changed the situation but it still makes people ask what would have happened. Looking at all of these things, it begs the question; what should we, or should we not be involved in? (337)
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