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Leslie Yeransian wrote a great story about Blood D...

2011-03-20T17:02:39.201Z

Leslie Yeransian wrote a great story about Blood Diamonds. Read it here http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=1982146&page=1

The movies creates awareness especially in the wes...

2006-12-09T22:32:00.000Z

The movies creates awareness especially in the west. In the US the stones are symbols of affection and wealth, not knowing that the sale or purchase fuels brutal wars.
Although Hollywood profits most but it has the most powerful media to propagate this dire message to the world. One Sierra Leonean Tokumbor Mccormack is part of the cast. The movie is a double edeged sword.

There will likely be much more debate about this i...

2006-10-11T22:17:00.000+01:00

There will likely be much more debate about this issue as the Dec. screening date approaches and this is a good thing.

The one thing I’d like to say (and I work in PR) is that … as well intentioned as the De Beers Corporation may (or simply may just want to appear to be)... They loose any shred of public credibility when Oppenheimer himself comes out and makes statements like …

You may find this site interesting: http://diamondfacts.org/facts/index.html

I am in two minds about this movie. On one hand I ...

2006-09-13T16:07:00.000+01:00

I am in two minds about this movie. On one hand I believe that the negative publicity about the diamond industry has the potential to hurt the Sierra Leone economy by reducing diamond sales. It may also just reinforce the negative image some westerners might have about African countries like Sierra Leone.

On the other hand I want De Beers to suffer! I agree that the Kimberley process has