Blood Diamond

After a rather late evening on Friday we decided to take it easy on Saturday and just go and see a movie. Unfortunately, Blood Diamond is a rather disturbing flick so it was not conducive to a good night of sleep afterwards. That said, it is an excellent film and I highly recommend it. I found it particularly interesting given that I have been to Freetown, have heard many tales from my uncle who has lived there for 17 years, and I lived in Guinea while it was (and still is) coping with the Sierra Leonean refugees. I was pleasantly surprised to see the strong suggestion that De Beers (although not named De Beers in the movie) is complicit in the trade of blood diamonds