Film sparks plea for Sierra Leone support
As Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest Hollywood blockbuster gives cinema-goers an insight into Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war, a leading aid agency is calling on people across the UK to help the real life victims of the conflict.
The Titanic star’s latest film, Blood Diamond, which opened this week, is the story of an imprisoned miner whose son is forced to become a child soldier and a South African mercenary’s quest to recover a rare pink diamond.
