Diamond Road: The Series

Diamond Road: The Series

Season 1
This Gemini Award winner explores the historical, cultural and political facets of the world's most intriguing gem.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - The Dream

    October 26, 2007
    50min
    13+
    Illuminates the history of the industry and the clever marketing which has made diamonds such an important part of our lives. It also follows a diverse cast of characters who all have a diamond dream.
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  2. S1 E2 - The Stone that Divides

    October 26, 2007
    50min
    13+
    Diamond Road travels to New York, South Africa and Sierra Leone, all places along the diamond pipeline that have been marked by the dark and the light of diamond history. In South Africa, the birthplace of the modern day diamond story, Maria Farmer and Willem Diergaardt fight to reclaim their land and the diamonds that sit on top of it.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Arrival

    October 26, 2007
    49min
    13+
    Crisscrosses the globe, following both the small and the epic journeys of our characters. Manoj is a thirteen year old child polisher from India who leaves his village and his father's cotton farm to apprentice in the diamond cutting factories of Surat, now a major diamond centre.
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