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The Ambassador (2011)

 -  Documentary  -  5 October 2011 (Denmark)
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Danish journalist Mads Brügger goes undercover as a European Ambassador to embark on a dangerous yet hysterical journey to uncover the blood diamond trade in Africa.

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Danish journalist Mads Brügger goes undercover as a European Ambassador to embark on a dangerous yet hysterical journey to uncover the blood diamond trade in Africa.

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A very well made documentary
19 January 2012 | by (Denmark) – See all my reviews

This documentary is both very funny, and very serious at the same time. Digging into a widely known topic, which on the other hand never gets exploited.

While the evidence may be rather thin, you're not in doubt what is happening the most of the time. And when the evidence are not there at all, there's usually the humerus way of exploiting the corrupt people in the process.

So overall a very good original humerus foreign political documentary, which still contains some good inside on the topic. The 9 is for the really creative way this is made, and thereby it's originality compared to similar documentaries.

Enjoy.
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