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Date: October 2006
Location: Sierra Leone, Congo DRC, USA
Distributor: CNN International (2+3 March 2007) – 52 min.
Credits: filmed and directed by Claudio von Planta
Presenter: Sorious Samura
Producer: Elisabeth Jones / Editor: Richard Guard
Executive Producer: Ron McCullagh Insight News TV
BLOOD ON THE STONE is a Sorious Samura investigation into the certification process of today’s diamond trade. This 52 minute documentary is published as a bonus feature on Warner Brother’s DVD of Blood Diamond where Leonardo DiCaprio is starring as a ruthless diamond dealer during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the 90s.
Production Notes:
BLOOD ON THE STONE was designed to capture a health check of the diamond industry at the end of 2006. According to DeBeers conflict diamonds don’t exist anymore and global diamond trade is now 99% clean. We discovered a rather different reality.
I wasn’t particularly surprised to discover some illegal activities in Sierra Leone and the Congo DRC. However, I was seriously disgusted by the blatant greed of diamond dealers in New York. They didn’t care at all about the origins of diamonds and didn’t give a toss about the requirements of certificates. Their only interest was money. Ripping off a black man like Sorious seemed to be a perfect business opportunity. Such corrupt and criminal behaviour clearly remains a driving force in the diamond industry. It feels rather schizophrenic to sell diamonds as a symbol of love.
Posted by Claudio von Planta on 10.18.2006 at 4:19 pm// Tagged: // Have your say »
BLOOD ON THE STONE
BY ANY MEANS (2)
COMMANDO CHAPLAINS
GUNS FOR HIRE - AFGHANISTAN
GUNS FOR HIRE - CONGO DRC
HULL FREEDOM TRAIL
KARZAN'S BROTHERS
LIVING WITH AIDS
LONG WAY DOWN
LONG WAY ROUND
NEIL'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
PAKISTAN ON THE TIGHTROPE
RACING GREEN
RAPE TRADE
REBELS OF THE FORGOTTEN WORLD
RWANDA-17 Healing a Nation
SADDAM'S LEGACY
SADDAM'S SECRET TIME BOMB
SPELL OF THE ALBINO
SURVIVING SUDAN
THE CUBA CONNECTION
THE ORGAN TRADERS
THE PEOPLE SMUGGLERS
THE SAUDI TAPES
THE THIN BLUE LINE
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