Blood Diamond
Dia.
English boys don't go
Teacher say this country
was founded as a utopia.
Do you know
what that word means, Papa?
Well, she says someday
when the war is over...
...our world will be a paradise.
And all this you learn in one day?
And math and science.
This is too much learning. Tomorrow,
you will stay home and mend the nets, yes?
No, Papa.
What? So now you want
- Stay.
- Papa.
- Stay!
- Papa!
Jassie!
Solomon.
Come, come, come.
Pick it up. Quick.
- Papa! Papa!
- Jassie.
- Dia, run!
- Papa!
- Papa! Papa!
- Dia, run!
Papa!
Bring forward the next one. Bastard.
Bring forward the next one.
- Long sleeve or short sleeve?
- No.
Young man. You must understand.
The government wants you to vote, okay?
They gonna tell you say,
"The future is in your hands."
We now the future.
So we take your hands.
- No.
- No more hands, no more voting.
Chop him.
Spread the word.
The Revolutionary United Front is coming.
- RUF!
- RUF! RUF!
Bring forward the next one.
Bring him forward. Bring him forward.
- Short sleeve!
- Chop him.
Hold on, hold on. Wait, wait, wait.
Not this one. Look at him.
- Put him in the truck.
- Let's go.
Bring him to the mines.
He can work. He can work.
Move, move, move.
Next one, next one, next one.
Throughout the history of Africa...
...whenever a substance
of value is found...
...the locals die
in great number and in misery.
Now, this was true of ivory,
rubber, gold and oil.
It is now true of diamonds.
According to a devastating report
by Global Witness...
...these stones are being used
to purchase arms and finance civil war.
We must act to prohibit...
...the direct or indirect import
of all rough diamonds from conflict zones.
May I remind you...
...that the U.S. is responsible for two-thirds
of all diamond purchases worldwide...
...and I don't anticipate
that demand diminishing.
We must remember
that these stones...
...comprise only a small percentage
of the legitimate diamond industry...
...whose trade is crucial to the economies
of many emerging nations.
The Freetown government
...have raped your land
to feed their greed.
RUF have freed you.
- No more slave and master here.
- It's true.
Current estimates are that conflict stones
account for only 15 percent of the market.
But in a multi-billion-dollar-a-year
industry...
...that means hundreds of millions
of dollars are available...
...for weapons in these conflict zones.
RUF is fighting for the people!
RUF is fighting for Sierra Leone!
Any bastard think he would joke
with me diamond, I go cut he throat.
Stop!
And we are joined today
by members of that diamond industry...
...who wholeheartedly
endorse your proposal.
I hope you join me
in applauding their presence here.
Mr. Van De Kaap and Mr. Simmons.
Give it to me.
Don't worry. We'll be fine, huh?
Listen. You take off
as soon as I'm out the door.
You don't land
until I raise you on the sat phone.
You be careful, Danny.
Don't worry. They want these guns
too much to do anything stupid.
Where is Commander Zero?
I am Captain Rambo.
Right. Right, I've seen your films, huh?
I'm looking for Commander Zero, huh?
He's inside. You talk to me.
You are here to help us
in our struggle against the government.
I'm here to do business
with Commander Zero, all right?
All right.
You are the man, huh?
You are the man.
Here, huh?
Hey. I'm talking to you! Stop!
- Commander Zero.
- Hey.
- I go kill you, eh?
- It's fine, huh? It's fine.
Commander Zero. Commander Zero.
Mr. Archer, come here.
You get something for me?
And yourself get something for me, huh?
Are you craze?
You get for pay me first for them.
This no fine, huh?
This no fine.
...and their new weapons, huh?
Maybe I could kill you
and take what you bring.
Then you get one more dead body...
...instead of airplane
way full with grenade launchers.
to them government.
Them government,
at least them go pay me, huh?
Wait, wait. Wait, my friend.
This is the thing you want? Here.
So many I not know
what to do with them all.
Hey, Archer, next time,
- I wanna see Baywatch.
- Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
Hello, hello, hello.
Papers, please.
Danny Archer, National Geographic.
You crossing into Liberia.
I've got a letter from the minister of interior
and a Liberian visa as well.
I'm doing a story on the Marrakaz,
who, as you know...
...are allowed to cross the border
in order to get into grazing grounds.
You ever read National Geographic, huh?
- You're under arrest for smuggling.
- No, no, no.
Listen here, my friend.
Listen here, all right?
I am good friends
with Colonel Coetzee.
Colonel Coetzee would not be pleased
that you've interfered with his business.
Now, you know who I am, all right?
You don't wanna make trouble for me
or my friends, all right?
Now, look, why don't I just
look the other way, all right?
You take one or two of those stones
and get something lacquer for the wife...
...or maybe the mistress, all right?
We'll solve the problem right here, huh?
We'll go back to Freetown
and ask Colonel Coetzee...
...how he wishes
to thank his business associate.
Guys, take him away.
Hey! What the f***?
What's going on there?
Come on! Fix that sh*t now!
Wasting my time here!
What in the sh*t is that?
F*** that stuff! Fix that sh*t!
Damn, now need to work.
- Can't work. What's going on there?
- Boss.
- Fix that thing.
- I wanna go toilet. I must go now, now.
- I can't hold it in, boss.
- Go, go.
Get to work. Go to work, go to work.
Fuckheads wasting my time now.
How am I work in this sh*t?
Stop!
Spread your fingers.
Open.
Make it quick.
Give it to me.
Give it to me.
The government troops are coming!
Go, go, go--!
No, no, no!
No! I'm not a rebel!
RUF is coming! RUF is coming!
RUF is coming! RUF is coming!
RUF is coming!
RUF is coming! RUF is coming!
RUF is coming!
RUF is coming! RUF is coming!
RUF is coming!
RUF! RUF! RUF!
RUF! RUF! RUF!
RUF! RUF! RUF!
RUF! RUF! RUF!
Hey.
What did you do with it?
I'm talking to you, you hear me?
Where the diamond? The pink one.
- I saw you take it.
- You're mad. I do not know you.
Liar! I saw it with my own eyes.
This big. Biggest I have ever seen.
My brothers, I go give $1000...
...to the man who cuts the diamond
out of this bastard.
You the craze! You the craze!
Where is the diamond?
Where is the diamond?
Do you see a diamond?
You devils have taken my family!
My home! I done lost everything!
Here, look. What is left?
What is left?
If there is a diamond,
you are the one who has taken it!
Liar! The man is a liar!
I know your name, Solomon Vandy!
You have a name!
You have a family!
And I'll catch them!
And I'll find them!
Please tell me you brought me
cigarettes, bru, please.
I just have to tell you, Danny.
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