Are diamonds forever?
It’s not even coming out for another two months, yet the film “Blood Diamond” is already generating controversy. The movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, and Jennifer Connelly, is about how rebels in Sierra Leone seized diamond mines in the 1990s used the proceeds from the sales to buy weapons which they used to slaughter ...
It's not even coming out for another two months, yet the film "Blood Diamond" is already generating controversy. The movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, and Jennifer Connelly, is about how rebels in Sierra Leone seized diamond mines in the 1990s used the proceeds from the sales to buy weapons which they used to slaughter civilians. Today's L.A. Times has a story about how the film's December release has the diamond industry on edge. De Beers, which controls most of the diamond industry, is worried that moviegoers may stop buying diamonds after watching the movie and has issued pre-emptive press releases explaining how they purchase gems to avoid buying conflict diamonds.
It’s not even coming out for another two months, yet the film “Blood Diamond” is already generating controversy. The movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, and Jennifer Connelly, is about how rebels in Sierra Leone seized diamond mines in the 1990s used the proceeds from the sales to buy weapons which they used to slaughter civilians. Today’s L.A. Times has a story about how the film’s December release has the diamond industry on edge. De Beers, which controls most of the diamond industry, is worried that moviegoers may stop buying diamonds after watching the movie and has issued pre-emptive press releases explaining how they purchase gems to avoid buying conflict diamonds.
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