Free Political Film Screenings Cinema Politica is a project organized by Montréal-based non-profit überculture, and comprises a network of several local film exhibition series across Canada, Europe and the USA.

Diamond Road

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Concordia University (Montreal)
Monday February 8, 2010
Screening begins 19h30
Venue: Room H-110, 1455 de Maisonneuve O, Concordia University

This screening is co-presented by the CSU, ASAC, CCSU, REHC, NSBE & ECA and is part of Concordia's Black History Month.

Diamond Road

A political economy documentary on diamonds - holding the jewel to the light.

Nisha Pahuja & Manfred Becker / Canada / 2008 / 99 min

Every year, worldwide, 24 tons of diamonds are teased from the heart of the earth. Once mined they begin their year-long journey through the "pipeline," a vast, secretive network encompassing five continents and a diverse cast of characters. By the end of their journey these tiny bits of carbon will have made multi-millionaires of some and virtual slaves of others.

Boring deep into the diamond world, Diamond Road explores the multiple meanings this object has for a few of the captivating characters who are part of the diamond pipeline: an impoverished miner in Sierra Leone, a child cutter and prominent businessman in India, a celebrity jeweller and a high-end dealer in New York. Their stories are interwoven with that of an industry leader who is fighting for transparency and fair trade for diamonds. Each is on a journey to realize a dream that centres on a stone which is itself a dream, a manufactured symbol of love, purity and the sublime. What results is a multi-layered portrait of a fascinating world which is steeped in a history of intrigue, conflict, love and hope.