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Blood Diamond is a 2006 American political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou. The title refers to blood diamonds, which are diamonds mined in African war zones and sold to finance conflicts, and thereby profit warlords and diamond companies across the world. Set during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1996-2001, the film shows a country torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebel forces. It also portrays many of the atrocities of that war, including the rebels' amputation of people's hands to discourage them from voting in upcoming elections. The film's ending, in which a conference is held concerning blood diamonds, is in reference to an actual meeting that took place in Kimberley, South Africa in 2000 and led to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which seeks to certify the origin of rough diamonds in order to curb the trade in conflict diamonds. The film received mixed but generally favorable reviews.

The film tells the story of a teenage interracial couple in Chicago who work together to help the main character, played by Stiles, train for a dance audition.

Diana Armstrong, a young, unwed mother struggles to make enough money to pay for her college education. Diana ends up working at a shoe store, when she meets Ronnie, and Tricks, two shady bisexual strippers that work for Dolla Bill at The Players Club. They convince Diana she would make better money stripping, by saying "use what you got to get what you want". Dolla Bill gives Diana a job giving her the name Diamond. Everything is fine until four years into the game her cousin Ebony comes to live with her and starts working at the club. In which Ebony gets out of control and more influenced by Ronnie and Tricks, who encouraged Ebony to do more out of club dances for parties of men. Diana tries to warn Ebony to stay away from "those two" and quit doing house parties, but Ebony not wanting to be told what to do because she is "grown" gets raped by Ronnie's brother, Junior at his party.