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The emotional climax of the album. As Solomon finally finds the pink diamond in the river mud, the music does not explode with triumph. Instead, it is a hushed awe. Howard layers the orchestra under a solo female voice (Lebo M., known for The Lion King ), singing a traditional Sotho prayer. It is not a victory fanfare; it is a requiem for the lives lost to get to that single stone.

In response to the global outcry during the 1990s and early 2000s, the diamond industry and the United Nations established the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPC) in 2003. The goal was noble: to prevent "conflict diamonds" from entering the mainstream rough diamond market.

: The UN defines them as diamonds used by rebel groups to finance military action against legitimate governments. : Beyond funding wars, their extraction often involves forced labor

The film follows three intersecting lives:

For instance, if a government is accused of violence against its own people in a diamond mine, those diamonds might still pass the Kimberley Process because they aren't funding a *rebel