Blood Diamond is the story of the Diamond business and its Evil ways which are affecting the people where they are mined. The lesser known aspects of the Diamond business which fuel war and unrest are the highlights of the movie which totally define the Title as well.
The year is 1999 and Sierra Leone is suffering from civil war. The rebels are in control of the diamond business so as to buy weapons for their fight. In one of these mines, a man named Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) has been forced to find precious diamonds. Solomon a good man,used to earn his living by selling fish but not after the arrival of the rebels.The rebels sent his wife and two daughters to a refugee camp while his son Dia is going to be trained to become a child soldier. While mining Solomon happens to find a rare, highly valued pink diamond. Risking his own life Solomon buries the diamond in a hope to save the lives of his own dear ones.
Diamonds are also one of the major concerns of Zimbabwean Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio). He is a diamond middleman. While serving his term for smuggling in a prison he comes to know of Solomon’s diamond.He wants the diamond too in order to get out of the business as well as the war torn Africa and settle down somewhere else in peace.
Soon Archer joins Solomon who wants to sell the diamond. Archer is the only who can help him trade the diamond and Solomon is the only one who knows where the diamond is buried. But they need to go through the rebel captured territory. Help comes in the form of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly).
Maddy is an American journalist who is here to expose the dirty secrets of the diamond business. Archer meets Maddy as she can take them through the dangerous territory because she is a journalist.Maddy sees Archer as a valuable source to provide her the secrets she needs to know. So all three venture on dangerous journey through the rebel territory which is crucial for all of them in order to achieve their respective objectives.
