Trailer for BLING: A Planet Rock, the extremely necessary documentary about American hip-hop culture’s obsession with diamonds - “blinging” - and all its social trappings, and how this infatuation correlated with the ten-year conflict in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The film follows three rappers - Paul Wall, Tego Calderon, and Raekwon - as they trek to the country to meet the survivors, perpetrators and diamond miners in the country.
Directed by Raquel Cepeda and Produced in association with VH1 and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the film began airing on VH1 in February, 2007 and is now available on DVD.
Posted on October 22, 2007 at 10:25 AM | Comment (2 comments)
