Last night we went to the movie Blood Diamond starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Honsou. It is a movie about the role diamonds play in fueling conflicts, in this case the civil war in Sierra Leone. Hmmm.
I am no movie critic... but it is good. I had wanted to see it solely because one of my best friends lived a good deal of his life in Sierra Leone - and, in fact, left there because of the violence. And I don't really know what to say. I just don't.
But out of respect for my friend, I don't think I will be signing off with the words "revolution" or "revolution(ate)" anymore. I don't really know what it means to be a revolutionary. That's what I thought about while watching the movie. Oh, I will still fight the good fight... but I'm thinking. Reassessing. The battle I fight is of a subversive nature, and it sounds rather childish to call it a revolution in light of...
I am thinking. It was a good movie (though in a bad way). I'm glad I saw it.
Peace.
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"What we're after is not revolution, but transformation" - a sentiment I rather like (as voiced by Woody Harrelson).
WP,
Yeah... what is that from?
Thanks,
dh
Hopefully not "Natural Born Killers" I kind of agreed with ol' Bob Dole about that one.
I saw that Friday night. It was one of the toughest movies I have ever seen. And I'm sure we didn't see the worst of it. I just can't believe crap like this goes on in the world, just another instance of realizing how oblivious we are as Americans.
It made me think a lot about my bridal diamond, it's tiny (we were young and poor), but I wonder who was harmed because of it. You can bet I won't be buying any gemstones ever again without being certain it's conflict free. Not that I'm likely to buy any gems anyways - I'd rather have geeky things. But still - now I know.
Lily,
I know what you mean. My friend who lived there said the movie actually wasn't gruesome enough. He had people in his church who'd had arms cut off, ears cut off, one guy had his lips cut off.
And I complain if I have to wait in line to buy something I don't even remotely need...
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