2. Blood Diamond is set in the 1990’s when the civil war between the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels and the government in Sierra Leone was at it’s height. In the midst of the civil war viewers will be introduced to two African men; Danny and Solomon, who although are both from the same country are from very different backgrounds. The men’s paths cross when they both set out to gain possession of an extremely rare pink diamond. At the same time the men set out on this journey an American journalist, Maddy, is in Sierra Leone to expose and uncover the truth behind the “conflict diamonds”. Viewers watch as these three very different people depend on each other to get what they need in a journey that takes them across rebel territory. Blood Diamond although fictional displays some very real events that alert viewers to the fact that the realities of war are tragic.