Venue: Jewish Educational Alliance
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 7:30 pm

Diamond Road explores the historical, cultural and socio-political facets of the world's most intriguing gem. Boring deep into the diamond world, it seeks to understand the multiple meanings of an object that is as old as the earth itself. The people who represent the different stages on the diamond pipeline are our guides, our window into a fascinating industry that spans continents and centuries and the deep shifts of history. We meet top dealers and jewelers of New York, centre of the trade in high-end goods and gateway to the US market. We journey to Sierra Leone where diamonds are slowly morphing into a tool for development. In South Africa, we meet black diamond entrepreneurs and others who are intent on rewriting their country's troubled history. We travel to Antwerp, heart of the rough trade where an old Jewish master cutter works his magic, and we learn how so many Jewish people were given a second chance at life through diamonds. We meet the passionate collectors willing to pay a small fortune for a stone born at the stroke of creation. And we meet the influential decision-makers who keep the diamond world turning.

Stars: Jennifer Dale
Directors: Nisha Pahuja & Manfred Becker
96 minutes. Documentary
English

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