New Delhi: Ever wondered what is it like being starved in a war-torn land where survival is what everyone is fighting for? This is exactly what the makers of Leonardo Di Caprio starrer Blood Diamond are asking its worldwide viewers.
The film carries a strong message from the World Food Programme (WFP) on world hunger and starvation that kills over 25,000 people a day across the world.
Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that enveloped African country Sierra Leone in 1990s, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Solomon Vandy’s (Djimon Hounsou) common quest to recover a rare pink diamond, the kind of stone that can transform a life, or end it.
The Warner bros film includes scenes depicting realistic aid operations undertaken by WFP in the '90s while feeding thousands of war victims who fled within Sierra Leone and to neighbouring countries. The film brings to life acute humanitarian needs and untold levels of violence and cruelty witnessed by WFP workers during that time.
“Hunger is bad governance, hunger is need, hunger is poverty, hunger is any number of things,” said Edward Zwick, the director of Blood Diamond.
Zwick continued, “As filmmakers, we want to be accurate and, in so many circumstances, the World Food Program has been at the center of refugee camps and present in countries in distress—in Sierra Leone and in other places.”
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