Blood Diamond

This post is part of a Movie Madness Carnival at Daily Mish Mash.

Blood Diamond is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Last Wednesday I wrote about how I regularly pray for every pair of hands that have touched my diamond ring, hands possibly with blood on them.

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For now I'll leave you with this statistic provided by Ms. Haupt.  I think you'll find it as staggering as I do.

The Democratic Republic of Congo produces more than $2B of diamonds annually, but 90% of it's population of 60 million live in poverty.

Comments

[Jen]

I loved this movie. It was difficult to watch at times (esp the child soldier parts) but it is such an important movie. I thought Leo was fantastic in it!

I just added your post to the links at the Carnival. Thanks for participating!

[Tammy]

I loved this movie too. It is so hard to believe that this kind of events really happen in the world.

[Amy]

I just recently watched this movie. I had a hard time with all of violence, but it was a very moving film with excellent acting.

[Jackie W transplanted Okie]

Good movie.