Blood Diamonds - Episode Synopsis

Episode Synopsis

The episode follows typical documentary format, hopping from topic to topic between commercial breaks. The topics discussed are as follows:

  • A brief history of Sierra Leone's civil war, and the group which funds this war through blood diamonds, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF)
  • Interviews with victims of the blood diamond trade, most prominently civilian amputee victims
  • A brief history of the De Beers Group, their connection to the trade, and their response to more recent public criticism
  • The experience of one man, Usman Conteh, and the personal strife that the conflict brought him
  • Interviews with civilians forced to work for the RUF, often forced to steal from, harass, and even kill their neighbors and, occasionally, their own family members
  • Interviews with warlords involved with the conflict
  • The United Nations' slow response to the atrocities
  • The fall of the RUF

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