Kanye West- 'Diamonds From Sierra Leone'

The video is filmed in black and white. I think this is done because the song is addressing world problems. The black and white shows the diamond industry as being bad, which is bias, however it is very effective.

The image of children is powerful because they are associated with innocence, however they are being shown as parishioners in the industry and this is used to make the audience think because it is a shocking image.

There is an statue of angels in the middle of square in what looks like a country in Europe. Angel's are symbols of love, innocence and guardians. The angel image relates to the children's innocence being taken and 'frozen' as the angels are, because of the work on the diamond mines.






The artist and one of the children make a praying symbol with their hands which shows they are pleading. This shows that they feel trapped and want the problem to end.

I believe the video is about wanting to get out of the environment you are in and identifying the unfair treatment of others. I like this idea because this problem is evident within my music genre because young black people are constantly under scrutiny for negative behaviour they are accused of, and
wanting to escape this environment isn't identified enough.