Sierra Leone, 1999
Civil war rages for control of the diamond fields.
Thousands have died and millions have become refugees.
None of whom has ever seen a diamond.
Don't want to be late.
Every day. Just like you.
So you can become a doctor, not mend the nets like your father...
Now get out of bed before I tan your behind with my fishing rod.
You listen to your father.
And be careful on the road.
First you bring back the plane.
Wasting my time here! What in the shit is that?
Fuck that stuff! Fix that shit! Damn, now need to work.
- Can't work. What's going on there? - Boss.
Fuckheads wasting my time now. How am I work in this shit?
No, no, no!
No! I'm not a rebel!
I am not a rebel! I am not R.U.F.!
RUF is coming! RUF is coming!
RUF is coming!
Please...
I must talk to someone. My family's name is not on the list.
Go to Kissy, there is another list.
I have been to Kissy, and Waterloo, and Port Loko, and...
Talk to the whites.
Cape Town, South Africa
Tassin Camp Forecariah, Guinea
Where is my son?
They took him.
Let them out!
Who are you?
We are friends.
We are not R.U.F.! We are not government!
We will kill all of you!
- Who is this woman? - We are friends.
Reminds me of my wife.
Don't bother the people now. Let them come in.
Thank you, Ubani.
You can leave them here. I take responsibility.
Good. Now they are your problem.
I am Solomon Vandy, from Shenge.
What should I make of your companions?
He... She is... They are journalists.
Ah. And I suppose you are, too.
Hello my brother. Are you lost?
We are headed for the mines in Kono.
You don't want to go that way. The R.U.F. Is in the next village.
Thank you, my brother.
And tell the poomui not to shoot me.
He is crazy for diamonds like everybody else.
Let's hope they don't discover oil here.
Then we'd have real problems.
Thank you, my brother.
- Is fighting for Sierra Leone
RUF is fighting for Sierra Leone
Go tell my parents They may see me no more
In the battlefield We're fighting forever
Go tell my parents They may see me no more
In the battlefield...