What'd he say?

We are going the right way.

Hold up there, my man.
It's this way, huh?

Where do you think you are going?

Stop!

I said, stop!

He is not down there, all right?

All right. You're gonna need
some of that old discipline, huh?

Now you listen here, my boy,
and you listen well.

You are not going down there.
Are we clear?

You are not the master.

Right now, that is exactly what I am,
and you'd better remember it, Kaffir!

Don't you fucking move, huh?

Don't you move. Don't you move, huh?

- My son is there!
- Your son is gone!

- He is alive!
- He's gone!

He's alive! He's there
with those crazy people!

I am his father! His father!
I should have protected him!

I must go find him.
I cannot live without knowing!

Shoot me if you want, but I'm going.

Why should it matter,
I'm dead already.

We wait until dark, huh?

Are you satisfied?

All right, come on.

- Is fighting for Sierra Leone

RUF is fighting for Sierra Leone

Go tell my parents
They may see me no more

In the battlefield
We're fighting forever

Go tell my parents
They may see me no more

In the battlefield...

You are how old?

Me? I'm 31.

And you have no wife?

- No.
- No children?

No.

And no home?

No.

But you have money, yes?

Yeah, some.

But not enough?

No.

If you get this diamond,
you will have enough money, yes?

Yes.

Then you will get
a wife and children?

Probably not, no.

What?

What?

I am confused.

Yeah?

That makes two of us, my bru.

Oh, Christ.
I've gotta quit smoking, huh?

Why don't you?

I'll tell you what, Solomon.

You find me this diamond,
and I'll quit right then and there, huh?

- You were born in Zimbabwe?
- Oh, yeah.

- Is it beautiful there?
- Sure you're not a reporter?

Because you ask a hell of a lot
of questions, my man.

My grandfather told
many stories of war.

How the Mende fought the Temne.

Or how two tribes would fight
when somebody had stolen a woman.

I understand white people
want our diamonds, yes?

But how can my own people
do this to each other?

I know good people...

...who say there is something
wrong with us...

...inside our black skin.

That we were better off
when the white man ruled.

But my son is good.

And when he grows up...

...and peace comes...

...this place will be a paradise.

We'll get your son back, huh?

Where is it exactly?

Through the camp, by the river.

Christ.

Okay.

I'm gonna make contact
with the colonel.

He'll send in an air strike.

- What is that?
- A chopper, huh? An attack helicopter.

- We use it as a diversion.
- What if my son is there?

- He isn't.
- How do you know?

I said we do it my way now, all right?
Don't fuck with me.

Cordell, it's Danny.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Shut up and listen, all right?

You tell the colonel I've found the stone.

No, I haven't got it in my hands,
but I'm OP-ing its location.

It's a major rebel camp, my man.

You tell him to send in the dakadak.

Because I stole a GPS, that's how.

If you shut up and listen,
I could give the coordinates.

Zero-nine-zero-five-four-two-four, north.

Three-two-seven-two-nine
three-zero-five-zero, east.

I'll call back at midnight to confirm.

You can look all night,
my friend, right?

I promise you he is not there.

They're coming in the morning, all right?

No movement, my friend. You stay still.

When it gets dark,
then we move in closer.

Solomon. Shit.

I can do it.

- Help me.
- Help him.

Thank you, Papa.

Hey, you smell.

That's fine.

- Ready? I'm winning.
- Okay, let's go.

Play, man.

- Play. Play the card.
- Play.

Dia.

Leave me alone.

- Dia. I'm your papa. Come with me.
- Hey.

- Dia.
- Get away from me.

- Dia. Dia!
- I do not know you. Traitor!

- Enemy! Enemy!
- What the hell are you doing?

- What are you doing?
- I don't know you!

- What's wrong?
- I hate you!

- Dia, come with me!
- I hate you!

Get away from me!

- Get him!
- Don't shoot!

- Don't shoot! Don't...! Don't shoot!
- I hate you!

- Fisherman! Traitor!
- Don't shoot!

Get away from me!

I knew you would come back.

I have dug and dug and dug,
but I've found nothing.

Nothing.

Dig, dig, dig!

You will find it for me.

You will dig up
what you have come back for.

No.

Why should the diamond
go to the foreign devils?

We will use it
to make the country strong.

RUF is fighting for the people!

RUF is fighting for Sierra Leone!

Pick it up.

Why? You are going to kill me anyway.

I do not need to kill you,
Solomon Vandy.

If you do not bring me the diamond...

...I will find the rest of your family.

Just as I have found your son.

I will rape your wife
in front of your eyes...

...slit her throat...

...and I will keep your daughters
for myself.

You think I am a devil...

...but only because I have lived in hell.

I want to get out.

You will help me.

I don't remember.

Find it or your family will die!

Now pick it up!

- Go!
- Bastards!

Shoot it!

Dia!

Come, boy. Come. This way. This way.

Dia!

Colonel, we think Archer's there.

I don't give a damn who's down there.
Kill them all.

Dia!

I'm coming!

- Dia!
- Bastard!

No!

Dia!

- We found his digger, sir.
- Keep him close.

- Danny boy.
- Colonel.

- Thanks for calling it in.
- Yeah, yeah. Always happy to help, huh?

So where is it? The stone?

We split, huh? Fifty-fifty, all right?

Look around you, Danny boy.

You're not in a position
to be dictating terms.

Then you will never find it, sir.

That's correct.

- But he will.
- Come. Up.

Introduce me to your digger.

Solomon Vandy.

This is Colonel Coetzee.
He wants the diamond.

- No more than you.
- Fuck.

You gonna show us where it's hidden?

Does he speak English?

He will only tell me, sir.
I promise you that.

- Let me talk to him, huh?
- Go on.

All right, my friend.

End of the line here, huh?

- You just tell him where it is, all right?
- I do not trust him.

I don't trust him either,
but we haven't got much of a choice here.

I promise you
he will shoot us both in the head.

Right, tell him, huh?
Tell him where it is, huh?

- Go on. Come on.
- I'm not feeling the love, Danny.

All right.
No more messing about, all right?

I said tell him where it is!
Tell him where it is! Now!

Tell him!

- No.
- Fucking...

Danny, there are other ways
to do this, okay?

Yeah, yeah.

- If he tells us, do we have a deal, sir?
- Seventy-thirty.

Sixty-forty. I've already lined up a buyer.

Agreed.

Come here.

This is his son. Vandy will do
whatever you want for his sake, all right?

Danny, you're a pisser, man. Well done.
Boys, we move out.

What do you say, Mr. Vandy?

- You ready to take a walk?
- Come on.

Come on.

So who's the buyer?
I'm guessing London.

Well, they no longer accept
conflict diamonds, huh?

Wouldn't hurt to interest
some other parties.

- Start a bidding war.
- What, one war's not enough for you, huh?

I missed you, Danny.

See? It is here.
He has tried to find it.

All right, Mr. Vandy.
Time for you to start digging.

Hey, boet, have you got a smoke?

Smoking will kill you.

Sorry.

It's all right.

Time I quit smoking anyway,
huh, Solomon?

- It's gone.
- What?

Someone has taken it.

This is where I buried it.
It isn't here.

Well, then there's no reason
for any of you to stay alive. Is there?

Wait, wait, wait.

I know, I know. I know where it is.

- I know where it is.
- It better be there.

Yes.

Oh, here, here.
It is here.

- Yeah? Yeah, there it is.
- Yes.

Fuck!

TIA, huh, Danny?

TIA.

Keep digging, huh?
They'll be here any second. Come on.

Keep digging.

- It had better be there, huh?
- Yes, yes.

Have you got it?

- Have you got it, huh?
- Yes, got it. Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

Solomon.

Dia, what are you doing?

Dia.

What are you doing?

Of the proud Mende tribe.

You are a good boy
who loves soccer and school.

Your mother loves you so much.

She waits by the fire making plantains...

...and red palm oil stew
with your sister N'Yanda...

...and the new baby.

The cows wait for you.

And Babu, the wild dog
who minds no one but you.

I know they made you do bad things...

...but you are not a bad boy.

I am your father...

...who loves you.

And you will come home with me
and be my son again.

Solomon, we've got to move, huh?

We've got to...

Go, go! Move!

Move. Move.

Move, move, move!

Move! Move! Move!

How far?

There's an airstrip
at the top of that gorge.

A plane will meet us, huh?

Hey, stop. Stop.

Give it to me.
Come on, give it to me, huh?

Keep moving. They'll be tracking us.

Nabil, where are you?

I'm nearly there.
Tell me what's happening.

We're about 10 K's out, huh?
We've got it, my friend.

- Who is we?
- The fisherman and his son.

Lose them.

It's at the top of that ridge there, huh?

You must stop and rest.

What? And give up the damn stone?

Keep moving. Come on.

Come. Come, come.

I can't. Stop.

- Okay.
- Stop.

Come on.

No! God, no. Stop.

Christ. No more. No more.

Take it, huh?

- Mr. Archer...
- Take it, take it.

I thought you would steal it from me.

Yeah, yeah, it occurred to me, huh?

Listen...

...this is Maddy's card, huh?

You call her when
you get to Conakry, all right?

And don't trust that pilot for a second.

You point this at his head
if he fucks around, all right?

I can carry you.

You take your boy home, huh?

You take him home, huh?

- Go! Go!
- Go. Come on.

Go on!

Come on. Come on.

Archer, you're a dead man!

Yeah, yeah.

Dia.

Hello. Maddy Bowen.

Yeah.

Thought I'd never call, huh?

And I'm so glad you did.
Excuse me.

When am I gonna see you?

Maddy, I want you to do me
one more favor, huh?

I want you to go meet Solomon
in Conakry.

In Guinea?
Why do you want me to go to Guinea?

We found his son...

...but he's gonna need some help,
you understand?

Maddy?

You're hurt.

Are you hurt?

Yeah, well, I've got
a little problem here.

Okay. You...
You tell me where you are.

Archer?

I'm looking at an incredible view
right now.

I wish you were here, Maddy.

Okay, then I'm coming to be with you.
You just tell me where you are.

I don't think so.

Are you still in Kono? Because I can
get someone there to help you.

Maddy, you find someplace safe
for the boy, all right?

And keep him out of sight.

And get Solomon to London.

He's bringing something with him.

But he's gonna need your help.

Why aren't you bringing it yourself?

I'm saying it's a real story now.

And you can write the hell out of it.

I'm really happy I met you.

You know that?

Yeah, I'm...

I'm really happy I met you too.

And I wish I could be there with you.

That's all right.

I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

When we get to the stairs,
you just keep walking...

...and I'll wait for you here.

You're not coming.

I'm not here. Good luck.

You must understand, Mr. Vandy...

...that your diamond could have ended up
nowhere else but with us.

- It is not enough.
- I assure you, 2 million pounds...

...is more than anyone else will offer you
for that stone under the circumstances.

I want what was promised to me
by Mr. Archer.

- What was promised to you?
- My family.

When they are here,
you will get the stone.

I will have the money too.

Well, may I see what I'm buying?

You will get the stone
once my family is here.

How do I even know you've got it?

Can you comment on the diamonds
mined in Sierra Leone?

I'm not going to comment
on some sensationalist magazine article.

- What about Liberia?
- No comment. No comment.

- Mr. Van De Kaap...
- That's all I have to say.

The natural resources
of a country...

...are the property of its people.
They are not ours to steal...

...or exploit in the name of our comfort,
our corporations, or our consumerism.

They're ready for you, sir.

The Third World is not a world apart.

And the witness you will hear today
speaks on its behalf.

Let us hear the voice of that world.
Let us learn from that voice.

And let us ignore it no more.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Mr. Solomon Vandy.