Human Rights Arts & Film Festival. Human Rights, Australia.

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BLING: A PLANET ROCK
Australian Premiere

USA 2007, English/Krio with English subtitles, 87 mins.
Director(s): Raquel Cepeda.
Producer(s): Raquel Cepeda, Filippo Bozotti & Rebecca Chaiklin.
Genre: Documentary.
Film Website: http://undp-usa.org/bling/
Themes: Conflict diamonds, Africa, mining.
Related Links: http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html

New York African Film Festival 2007 - Official selection

Synopsis

Some of the world's biggest rappers and R&B artists take a life-changing journey into the heart of Africa to learn first-hand about the blood diamond trade and the true cost of bling. Their tour guide, Ishmael Beah, a one- time child soldier in Sierra Leone and now a New York advocate and author (A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier). Featuring hip hop luminaries, Raekwon and Kanye West, Bling shocks, entertains and challenges as we watch disparate worlds collide and a global economy boil down to its devastating human impact.