Blood Dimond Summary

In this hand in, I will focus on the film Blood Dimond, I will include a summary about the film, and explaining how the film is connected to the issue of child soldiers. Task B will include information about an ex-soldier who were in war-ravaged Sierra Leone, what he experienced and what he saw. After this task I will be focusing about the media, why the film has a critical view on media. Then I'll talk about what I personally think about the movie.
The story begins in Sierra Leone in North-western Africa. The country is in a war between a corrupt government led by President Joseph Saidu Momoh and a so-called rebel group named RUF, led by former army Corporal Foday Sankoh. This group attacks a small village, there is no mercy if you are not
The diamonds that are excavated are usually the size of small pearls, but one day, Solomon finds one that is unlikely large one, with a pink shear. Solomon sneaks away to dig it down, when the boss Poison caught him. At the same moment, the area they were on, were getting attacked by the government and Solomon ends up in jail.
Here he meets Danny Archer. Archer has been arrested to smuggle diamonds out of the country. Captain Poison comes to prison and talks loudly about the diamond Solomon has hidden. Danny Archer, who is in trouble, then knows his ability to get everything he needs and more, just he gets the diamond. Solomon seems uninterested to help Danny with anything but when Danny says he wants to help Solomon find his family in exchange for showing him to the diamond, Solomon cannot say no. The two merge teams on their way to the diamond mines and the diamond.
With them comes Maddy Bowen, a curious and investigative journalist who is desperate to write a story about the illegal diamond trade from Sierra Leone. They get a long and dangerous journey ahead, with many
They could be as young as four, both boys and girls. The RUF kidnapped and forced an estimated 10,000 children, all of them taking part in the conflict. Military organisations like the RUF, who recruit children, find them easier than adults to entice or force into service. In general, children are more compliant and easier to manipulate. In the last 15 years, the use of child soldiers has spread to almost every region of the world and every armed conflict, so this is not a new phenomenon.
The children are drugged, hypnotized, and brainwashed by these guys, that they will do anything for them. They are not themselves. When the children had been kidnapped, they were given shelter, food, water, and drugs. They were immediately given guns and training. They first got them to trust them, then they used them. Children who refused to fight, kill, or showed any weakness were ruthlessly dealt with. Emotions weren’t allowed