Blood Diamond (2006) ♡ MOVIE REACTION - FIRST TIME WATCHING! 

Leo dies? I’m 3 minutes in😡

@@English_MoFo 😂😞

@@English_MoFo lmao bru.

@@English_MoFo Hey! Don't belive 'em! He only dies in The Departed(2006)...wait....and in Titanic(1997) 😛

Lithium, cobalt, dysprosium, terbium, etc. and a large amount of them are Chinese owned. This is why I laugh in the face of anyone saying electric vehicles are better for the world

@@AhHereWeGo And the Chinese don't give two sh/ts about things like 'guilt' or 'racism' or 'colonialism'--there is a docco called 'Empire of Dust': the Chinese listen to the Congolese make excuses about how they can't do things because of ....The Chinese guy just say We (China ) didn't have any Infrastructure and you did--and you squandered it!'

The worst excesses in congo relate to cobalt - a key ingredient in advanced weaponry and historically highly sought by the west and the soviet union. But just for the record, the great war of africa - which has killed over 4 million africans in and around Congo up to around 2010 and continues today - has nothing to do with the west. That war is solely the product of inter-tribal animosities and fights over the right to resources. Africans are - sadly - no different to westerners in that regard. Some of the countries involved in the great war of africa did, and still do, fund themselves via mining but they do not have the expertise to operate those mines themselves. Blaming western miners in the region for what happened, and is still happening, in the great war of africa is like blaming macdonalds for paying taxes that are used to make weapons in the west.

@@tileux The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deep roots in the country's colonial past. The brutal exploitation and repression under Belgian colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1960 set the stage for instability and violence that has plagued the DRC to this day: During the colonial period under King Leopold II and then the Belgian state, the Congolese people suffered immensely from forced labor, massacres, mutilations, and other atrocities as the colonizers extracted valuable resources like rubber and ivory.[4] An estimated 10 million Congolese died from colonial abuses between 1880-1920.[1][11] This decimated and traumatized the population. The Belgian colonizers also intensified ethnic divisions, favoring some groups like the Tutsi over others. When the Belgians hastily granted independence in 1960, it left the DRC ill-prepared for self-rule, with only 16 university graduates in the entire country.[4] Chaos and civil war erupted within days of independence in 1960.[14] Cold War powers like the U.S. and Soviet Union then vied for influence, backing different factions and fueling ongoing instability.[14] The corrupt, Western-backed dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko from 1965-1997 further impoverished the country.[4] When the 1994 Rwandan genocide spilled over into eastern DRC, it reignited ethnic tensions and led to the First and Second Congo Wars, which drew in multiple neighboring countries seeking to exploit the DRC's mineral wealth.[15] Over 5 million died in the wars from 1996-2003.[17] So in summary, Belgian colonialism left a legacy of underdevelopment, ethnic strife, and a corrupt system of resource extraction that has made the DRC vulnerable to ongoing violence by armed groups and interference by foreign powers. Resolving the current conflict will require addressing these deep-seated issues with roots in the colonial past.[2][10] Citations: [1] [PDF] Ending Foreign Exploitation of Mineral Resources in the Democratic ... ww1.odu.edu/content/dam/odu/offices/mun/docs/4th-drc.pdf [2] "The Resource Curse in the Congo" by Erin Nichols digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/horizons/vol5/iss2/6/ [3] [PDF] Violence linked to natural resource exploitation - ohchr www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Countries/CD/FS-5_Natural_Resources_FINAL.pdf [4] DR Congo: Cursed by its natural wealth - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24396390 [5] Congo Crisis - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Crisis [6] [PDF] Colonialism and its Socio-politico and Economic Impact www.qurtuba.edu.pk/thedialogue/The%20Dialogue/12_3/Dialogue_July_September2017_311-320.pdf [7] The Global Exploitation of Congo Must End - Jacobin jacobin.com/2023/02/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-war-colonialism-exploitation-resources-intervention-history [8] [PDF] Congo Crisis, 1960-65 - Old Dominion University ww1.odu.edu/content/dam/odu/offices/mun/docs/crisis-two-congo.pdf [9] Congo: Colonialism through Dictatorship, 1400s-1997 enoughproject.org/blog/congo-colonialism-through-dictatorship-1400s-1997 [10] History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Britannica www.britannica.com/place/Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo/History [11] Lasting effects of colonial-era resource exploitation in Congo - VoxDev voxdev.org/topic/institutions-political-economy/lasting-effects-colonial-era-resource-exploitation-congo [12] republic of congo's natural resources press.un.org/en/2001/sc7057.doc.htm [13] The Colonial Legacy and Transitional Justice in the Democratic ... www.accord.org.za/ajcr-issues/the-colonial-legacy-and-transitional-justice-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo/ [14] The Congo, Decolonization, and the Cold War, 1960-1965 history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/congo-decolonization [15] A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo | News - Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/21/a-guide-to-the-decades-long-conflict-in-dr-congo [16] Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Global Conflict Tracker www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/violence-democratic-republic-congo [17] Colonial rule, dictatorship, civil war | BMZ www.bmz.de/en/countries/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/historical-background-56144 [18] Democratic Republic of the Congo - Britannica www.britannica.com/place/Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo/The-Congo-crisis [19] History of Colonization and Exploitation in the DRC - Gala www.learngala.com/cases/cobalt-electric-vehicles/6

@@AhHereWeGo We need to change for electric vehicles anyway... But the best thing is to reduce our production and consumption to avoid to use materials from bloody conflicts. Reducing vehicle weight is an other priority, as like developing public transportation, reducing our travels etc. Mines are the worst industry considery to violation of human rights of course. Nations must work to make legislate and UN must change its capacity to stop conflicts... I know there are some utopian propositions there but this is the best scenario in my opinion.

I read about that, I'm pretty sure is common knowledge that the De Beers are the ones keeping the prizes high and had been also accused before of dealing with blood diamonds. So yeah, I would avoid their diamonds like the plague if I ever have the need to buy one

@@TheLaFleur If all finished diamonds were put on the market at once currently, you could buy them with your pocket money for handfuls of finished stones.

It's one of the reasons they try so hard to convince people that laboratory created diamonds somehow mean less when given because they weren't mined, despite the fact that the lab diamonds are of a higher quality and clarity because the creation is controlled.

No. That was the case. But not any more. In the 90s the russians hit huge diamond deposits under the melting permafrost in siberia and the canadians hit a huge deposit at slave creek. In addition, the CSO - de beers cartel company - had been under indicted by the USA for cartel conduct and other crimes for years and had effectively been locked out of the US market. The canadians and russians flooded the market and the cso did a deal with the US justice department and agreed to shut down the cartel. So there is no price fixing in the diamond markets now. But de beers’ advertising (including the line ‘diamonds are forever’ that inspired the james bond book title) was so ubiquitous that the prices for diamonds are still out of line with supply.

@@body_by_depuyyou cant actually make a lab diamond as big as the biggest natural diamonds. Diamond is highly pressurised carbon. Its almost impossible - and prohibitively expensive , even if you could do it - to create the pressure required to make large diamonds.

This and "The Departed" came out the same year are were what finally convinced me that Leo was a legit brilliant actor. He was great in pretty much everything he was in prior to this, but similar to Brad Pitt - for the longest I refused to see him as anything but as a teenybopper heart throb, but eventually, like with Pitt, I eventually was forced to recognize how great of an actor he truly was. And it was these two movies that did it for me. What's hilarious to me was the fact that imo, both the films "The Departed" and "Blood Diamond", as well as Leo's performances in both of them were better than both the film "The Revenant" as well as Leo's performance in it - an yet it was "The Revenant" performance that manage to actually get him the oscar. Hounsou also was simply brilliant in this film too, and if Leo didn't win anything for this - than he damn well shoulda. But the Oscars have been shown to be bs the last few decades anyways, between Leo not getting one for either of these films, Val Kilmer not getting even nominated for one for playing Doc Holiday in "Tombstone" or in Morison "The Doors," or Brad Pitt nit getting one for his performances in "The Assassination of Jesse James..." or in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", are only jut a few examples of the many ridiculous oscar snubs over the years and yet it seems to somehow be a more and more frequent occurrence as time goes on. But of the many examples i can think of, Leo not getting one for this film is especially egregious imo.

I would have probably picked Leo over Forest Whitaker that year, but I think Will Smith deserved it more than both of them. He was great in The Pursuit of Happyness.

@@krayzy932 Though i completely agree with you that Will Smith was phenomenal in "The Pursuit of Happiness", (and a billion times more deserving of the oscar than the role where he did win it - that being "Ali"), and Forest was certainly brilliant as well - however i still think Leo's performances in this or in "The Departed," (which both came out in the same year), were more brilliant than Smith's or Forest's performances. But the end of the day, art is entirely subjective. There simply is no such things as an objectively better performance" because as humans we are incapable of not allowing or pre-existing opinions, world views, and as well as your personal life experiences impact the way a person interprets or critique any work of art. which ever medium that the subject work of art is in. Whether it be in film, literature, comic-books, music, painting, sculpting, or performance art (like dancing or acting), regardless - there's simply no objective standards to rate/review art. And even if there were, we are incapable of applying those standards objectively/consistently. So in other words there's no way to prove which of these performances were better - we only have our own personal opinions one way or another.

Forest deserved it though.. for me personally that performance was amazing

@@crazyvideos188 Like i said in an earlier comment, even though i personally believe Leo's performance in this as well as in "The Departed," (which came out in the same year), were better that Forest's, it wasn't by a whole lot - and Forest's certainly was brilliant imo. So at the end of the day, it's not the biggest of snubs, cuz there were so many great performances that year, and any one of them deserved an oscar. It sucks that they had to all come out in the same, cuz there were plenty of years both before and even more so - since that oscar season that didn't have a single film and/or performance that was as good as any of the top four imo, that being Leo in those two films i mentioned, Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happiness," and Forest in "The Last Scotsman". It just annoys me more so simply because i believe Leo in "Blood Diamond and "The Departed were without question his best performances of his whole career, and when he finally got the oscar it was for Revenant, which both as a film itself, as well as his performance wasn't close to as brilliant as these two films were. That's just my opinion though.

I loved glory, been a long time since I watched it, but I still remember some parts of it. It's a must watch movie.

I've lived in a few different countries and I fully agree with you. People in the West, especially America and Canada, have absolutely no idea how the world really is.

Not all diamonds are conflict diamonds. Even the movie admits that.

@@DestinyAwaits19 good thing I never said that either

Except for the ones from Canada

⁠@@cmbtkingNo, you didn’t say “all of them”, you said “pretty much all of them”, a statement many might interpret as 90+%. What number you can find is that about 20% of diamonds come from artisanal miners; conflict diamonds as depicted here come from artisanal miners. Their condition are often pretty bad but outright civil war doesn’t affect them all. Of course, you could label all diamonds mined in countries without democracy and bad human rights as ‘dirty’ but then such labels would apply to a lot of oil and gas as well.

Na the next movie like this is definitely Beats Of The Southern Wild by far!!! Tears of The Sun ain't even close 😂

The Island and Never Back Down are great!

true 🥺😭

Yeah. Should have gotten it for this if any.

Should have got one for Gilbert grape

⁠@@petercollingwood522watch The Last King of Scotland and then you’ll see why Forest Whittaker won it. That year was tough for the academy award. So many top performances. This film is one of my all time favourites, but the award went to the right person.

But like the one guy said, at least they didn't find oil.

There's blood all over the world

@@dallesamllhals9161 well aware of that was simply remarking how it was cool the director made it come full circle ⭕️ and yes plenty of places and land have had blood spilt over them but they do not always have red earth otherwise the soil over the Somme would be as red as a poppy

Nicolas Cage is great in it , and he is one of the few actors where all of his movies are highly re-watchable no matter how bad the movie is , he just has a it factor where it's fun to watch him act

And Hotel Rwanda

I am not married but when I do get married I will do the same

I have worked with many people who work as expatriates, just so their kids can experience life away from the States.

This is EXACTLY the reason why I despise this movie. Conflict minerals are a problem ENTIRELY rooted in Western colonization. This IS NOT a problem of Africa's making as this film would have you believe. To rob a country of its wealth, its political borders, its economy, its language, and its culture and then turn around and talk about how good you have it here after having stolen African resources and labor is downright offensive and racist.

Things that happen in this movie are the reality. Western life is an anomaly that can end at any time

@@BlackStudies Pull your head out you imbeciel. You literally don't know shit.

@@BlackStudieswesterners have exploited the atrocities Africans are willing to commit on each other …like many cultures in history. For example during the years of the Atlantic slave trade it was known as a non African if you stayed more then a couple days you were likely to die of disease so white men stayed to the ports for a LONG time. The slave trade wouldnt have been possible without recourse rich / influential tribes exploiting lesser tribes. This is the history of mankind

America and Western Europe are _the cause_ of these horrors. There are several ways in which Africa's colonial past continues to influence and shape many of the conflicts seen on the continent today: 1. Artificial borders: The borders of most African countries were drawn by European colonial powers in the late 19th century with little regard for pre-existing ethnic, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. This forced different groups together into single states, sowing seeds for future conflicts. Many civil wars and secessionist movements in post-colonial Africa have stemmed from these arbitrary colonial borders.[2][5] 2. Extractive economic models: Colonial powers set up economies in African colonies focused on extracting natural resources like minerals, oil, rubber, etc. to export to Europe. This established a pattern of resource extraction rather than local development that persists today. Competition for control over valuable natural resources continues to fuel many conflicts in resource-rich African countries.[1][3][4] 3. Weak institutions: Colonial administrations did not invest in building strong local governing institutions. After independence, many African states inherited weak state capacity, making them vulnerable to coups, civil wars, and separatist conflicts. The lack of robust institutions makes it harder to manage diversity and resource competition peacefully.[4] 4. Stunted economic development: The colonial extraction model prevented economic diversification and left many African economies dependent on commodity exports. This has made it harder to achieve sustained development, reduce poverty and inequality - factors that can feed into conflicts.[3] 5. Foreign intervention: The colonial scramble for Africa in the 19th century made the continent an arena for foreign powers to compete for influence. Today, foreign powers still intervene in African conflicts to secure access to resources and markets, sometimes exacerbating local tensions.[1] So while the era of formal colonialism ended in the 1960s-70s, its legacy in terms of borders, institutions, economic structures and geopolitical rivalries continues to shape the landscape of conflict in 21st century Africa in significant ways. Overcoming this colonial inheritance remains an ongoing challenge for African states and societies. Citations: [1] But it's been more than 50 years! How Africa's resource conflicts are ... www.diis.dk/en/research/but-its-been-more-than-50-years-how-africas-resource-conflicts-are-still-rooted-in [2] List of conflicts in Africa - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Africa [3] Overcoming the colonial development model of resource extraction ... www.brookings.edu/articles/overcoming-the-colonial-development-model-of-resource-extraction-for-sustainable-development-in-africa/ [4] The Resource Curse, Colonialism, and The Hypocrisy of Western ... georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2022/04/01/the-resource-curse-colonialism-and-the-hypocrisy-of-western-climate-leadership/ [5] Endogenous Colonial Borders: Precolonial States and Geography in ... www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/endogenous-colonial-borders-precolonial-states-and-geography-in-the-partition-of-africa/132D6CBDE92946D14CCC64E59A94D3D2 [6] Full article: The new scramble for Africa in a post-colonial era and ... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21665095.2024.2306387 [7] A history of resource plunder - Africa Is a Country africasacountry.com/2021/04/a-history-of-resource-plunder [8] Are colonial-era borders drawn by Europeans holding Africa back? www.aeaweb.org/research/are-colonial-era-borders-holding-africa-back [9] The Dividing of a Continent: Africa's Separatist Problem - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/the-dividing-of-a-continent-africas-separatist-problem/262171/ [10] 7. Armed conflict and peace processes in sub-Saharan Africa - SIPRI www.sipri.org/yearbook/2022/07 [11] Conflict in Africa | Perspectives on History | AHA www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/summer-2016/conflict-in-africa-the-historical-roots-of-current-problems [12] Are Africa's colonial borders holding it back? - RU-vid ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WxX-acnrd9c.html [13] Colonial roots of current conflicts - Argia www.argia.eus/en/argia-astekaria/2839/egungo-gatazken-sustrai-kolonialak [14] [PDF] Inequality and natural resources in Africa - UNESCO en.unesco.org/inclusivepolicylab/sites/default/files/analytics/document/2019/4/wssr_2016_chap_09.pdf [15] Root Causes of Conflicts in Africa Must Be Addressed beyond ... press.un.org/en/2023/sc15249.doc.htm [16] Extractive colonial economies and legacies of spatial inequality cepr.org/voxeu/columns/extractive-colonial-economies-and-legacies-spatial-inequality-evidence-africa [17] Africa: Conflicts, Violence Threaten Rights - Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/12/africa-conflicts-violence-threaten-rights [18] European Colonialism in Africa Is Alive - Project Syndicate www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/europe-africa-colonial-era-lasting-effects-by-stelios-michalopoulos-and-elias-papaioannou-2021-07 [19] How Distrust of Government by Marginalized People Fuels Conflict ... www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2024/01/25/how-distrust-of-government-by-marginalized-people-fuels-conflict-in-africa

In 2010 there was a documentary released called Blood in the Mobile which covered the militia run mines in Congo and the fact that no phone maker could verify that they were not using conflict minerals to make cell phones.

Yup, cobalt mines.

Body of Lies is one of my all time favourite films. It's so underrated, but is incredibly directed and the complexity of the story is just unreal. So well made, would recommend to anyone who has an interest in the intelligence sector

+1 for Requiem for a Dream

@@yuketage6708 absolutely brutal film brilliantly executed and acted. Would love to see Kamilla react to it.

But only try Requiem for a Dream if you are prepared for a traumatic experience.