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Who was buying diamonds from the locals in the movie 'Blood Diamond'?
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What is the theme of blood diamond?
The film, Blood Diamond, tells the story of a mercenary diamond hunter and his quest to profit mightily from Africa's diamonds. A journalist and an African father and son play integral parts in the story. You can read more, below.
Who is the girl Secret Flawless Deodorant commercial walking through New York saluting and raising her arms?
I believe that she's the girl who played the role of maddie bowen in blood diamond, with Leonardo DiCaprio. at least she looks a lot like her. it probably is. I've seen one site that says it is Lindsay Sloan, but I don't think so. Maddie Bowen in Blood Diamonds was Jennifer Connelly.
How much is the diamond in the film Blood Diamond worth?
Many lives of innocent people. Much more than a diamond can ever be worth.Another AnswerIn this film, one character being forced at gunpoint to mine by hand for diamonds finds an "enormous pink diamond."Visually, it appears to be several inches tall and perhaps an inch wide -- these estimates are approximate: the stone is photogenic. In dialog, it is described as having a 'sweet pink colour'. From a plot point of view, the stone is probably fairly clear: a gem-quality, highly valuable find.No hard number is ever attributed to the stone, but in the final moments of the film, you can see a corporate diamond executive wearing a suit, arriving in a large, chauffeur-driven car at the front of a central London vault storage facility, wheeling in a container we are lead to believe contains this enormous pink diamond.When cut, most diamonds lose about 60% of their carat weight, and until each is cut, has no attributed value except as a raw diamond. The value of every cut diamond is based on its colour, cut, clarity and carat weight, and we never get this much information from the film. (Wholesale=raw diamonds; retail=cut diamonds.)From Forbes review of the Christie's Sale of Magnificent Jewels in April 2012:"The Clark Pink," a 9-carat, cushion-cut fancy vivid purplish pink diamond ring by Dreicer & Co., circa 1910, from the Huguette M. Clark estate, sold for $15.7 million, making it the most valuable pink diamond ever sold in the United States."
Where did the movie blood diamond take place?
According to IMDB:"Blood Diamond is based on a script by American screenwriter Charles Leavitt, who reworked an earlier script titled Okavango. Leavitt's script was subsequently reworked by writers Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz."All movies begin with a story, and Leavitt's original story, Okavango, apparently caught the attention of producers willing to fund the film.Beginning in the 1970s, the crime of mining and trading blood diamonds to fund terrorism, rebel uprisings and other human acts of mayhem, became known based on news reports from the countries affected. Apparently, Leavitt crafted a great story based on real life events.
What gun does decaprio use in blood diamond?
At the very start of the movie he clearly has a Glock. Its apparently taken away from him when he gets caught by border patrol and then he buys a H&K USPc, which he uses for the rest of the movie.
Does Spence sell conflict diamonds?
Regardless of the retailer, when you purchase a diamond, you can ask for a Kimberly Certified diamond, which attempts to protect you from buying a conflict or blood diamond.
What are the problems for the locals associated with blood diamonds?
Blood diamonds are collected, traded, and dealt in order to fund mayhem, civil war, terrorism and other atrocities against humans. Locals are enrolled in digging for diamonds by hand at gunpoint, and can be killed, maimed, and lose their families to the thugs who deal in blood diamonds, a natural resource in some geographies. Any 'local' who happens to be 'nearby' during any blood diamond transaction, from mining, trading, brokering, hiding or stealing them, can be killed, maimed or otherwise abused by people whose commerce is blood diamonds.
How many blood diamonds do the US buy?
The United States is not in the business of buying diamonds, blood diamonds, or otherwise.
Why should you care about blood diamonds?
Unless you have been kidnapped and are being forced to dig for diamonds in a stream or in the earth, under threat of death or dismemberment, or the death or mayhem aimed at your family, you may not be required to 'care' about blood diamonds. If, however, you are buying a diamond, you can demand a Kimberly Certificate, so that you are assured that the diamond you are buying has not been found by people like those described in the paragraph above.
Blood diamonds are what color?
Blood diamonds are not a specific color. The term "blood diamond" refers to diamonds that are mined in war zones and sold to finance armed conflict against governments. The term highlights the unethical and often violent nature of the diamond trade in these regions.
Are a majority of diamonds still considered blood diamonds?
Blood diamond doesn't refer to the color or cut of a diamond but from where they came: Africa. Thousands have been killed for the wealth diamonds bring
How can we stop blood diamonds?
we can stop it by makeing diamonds cost less or not buying them
What companies buy blood diamonds?
Well Blood Diamonds are normal diamonds that have been fought for, like in a war if there were diamonds and people killed other people for them, then they are blood diamonds. (they are not red as some people think). So any mineral company will buy a 'Blood Diamond' for more than a ordinary diamond, . :)
Economy of west Africa?
West Africa's economy is based around oil drilling and blood diamonds. All diamonds bought and sold in the U.S. are blood diamonds, however, retailers paid high prices to agencies in order to have the "blood diamond" or "conflict diamond" designation removed, as there is a stigma in the United States attached to buying blood diamonds. Oil from Africa is also blood oil, but nobody speaks of this. Native peoples are displaced by Shell in order to get the oil and bribe the government officials.
How much are blood diamonds worth?
Once the diamond reaches the end consumer it is worth the same as any other comparable diamond. You wouldn't be able to tell it was a blood diamond by looking at it because the blood diamonds come from the same mines as legitimate diamonds. The miner might receive $50.00 if they find a diamond.
Why is it difficult to stop blood diamonds in a ledc country?
Blood diamonds are used by terrorists to fund mayhem against humans and conduct wars. The gem-stone diamond industry does provide a Certificate Programme for diamond consumers, that certifies that a diamond is not a blood diamond. Stopping the collection or trade in blood diamonds is like any evil: it will be with us always.
Why must you ask for conflict free diamonds?
If you demand a Kimberly Certificate for any diamond that you're buying, you'll be spending your money in the legitimate diamond industry, and not giving money to terrorists and criminals by purchasing a conflict or blood diamond.
