Synopsis
Director: Jason Kohn
Producers: Amanda Branson Gill, Jared Goldman
87 min, U.S. 2022
“A diamond is forever”—so goes the famous ad slogan. But in this witty, sparkling investigation, Doc10 alumnus Jason Kohn (Love Means Zero) questions the value of the sacred gem, uncovering the myths and machinations of the multi-billion-dollar industry—and the biggest threat to its power: factory-made diamonds. With stops in Botswana, India, and China, and a colorful array of insiders, from a De Beers executive to a Serbian gemmologist to a L.A. jewelry designer, the film not only explores the evolution of our most precious mineral, but the very meaning of authenticity in our increasingly synthetic world. “A pleasure to watch” (The Hollywood Reporter) and “as tense and potentially mind-blowing as Uncut Gems,” Nothing Lasts Forever is “a thought-provoking film [and] also an entertaining human comedy” (Screen Daily).