Blood Diamond (2006)
Directed by Edward Zwick
During Sierra Leone's civil war a fisherman forced to mine diamonds hides a huge pink stone, and teams up with a Rhodesian smuggler and an American journalist to cross the war zone, find his family and recover it.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Solomon's village≈ 00:02:00Shenge, Sierra LeoneStated on screen
RUF rebels attack Solomon's fishing village and take him away (1999).
- 2RUF mining camp on the river≈ 00:07:00Kono District, Sierra LeoneInferred
Forced to dig for diamonds, he finds a huge pink stone and buries it just before government troops raid the camp.
- 3Jail≈ 00:20:00Freetown, Sierra LeoneStated on screen
Danny, caught smuggling stones, hears of Solomon's diamond in jail and arranges both their releases.
- 4Coetzee's office≈ 00:30:00Cape Town, South AfricaInferred
Danny reports to his mercenary boss, Colonel Coetzee.
- 5Freetown, Sierra Leone≈ 00:35:00Stated on screen
Danny meets journalist Maddy in a bar; the rebels storm the city and he and Solomon barely get out.
- 6Lungi, Sierra Leone≈ 00:55:00Stated on screen
They regroup and Maddy agrees to get them into the interior in return for Danny's story.
- 7Coetzee's mercenary camp≈ 01:25:00Kono District, Sierra LeoneInferred
- 8Diamond site and hills above it≈ 01:40:00Kono District, Sierra LeoneInferred
- 9London, England≈ 02:05:00Stated on screen
- 10Diamond conference≈ 02:13:00Kimberley, South AfricaStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 31,327 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 10
- Not shown: 26,214 km
- Plane: 4,868 km
- Car: 245 km
- On foot: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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