Ben, a naive young insurance adjuster, comes under the tutelage of John, a veteran. Soon Ben finds himself caught in John's illegal schemes and falling in love with John's shifty girlfriend.

This astonishing documentary investigates how an advertising slogan invented by Madison Avenue executives in 1948 has come to define our most intimate and romantic rituals and ideals. The Diamond Empire, which sent shockwaves through the transnational diamond industry when it first appeared, systematically takes apart the myth that "diamonds are forever." It exposes how one white South African family, through a process of monopoly and fantasy, managed...