「血琥珀」因顏色血紅而得名，有「琥珀中的貴族」之稱。緬甸華裔新導演李永超冒著戰火危險，深入由獨立軍控制的緬甸北部森林，拍攝同鄉李士豪開挖血琥珀的過程，紀錄一連串人生豪賭的血淚故事。李士豪放棄台灣工作，來到這裡砸下全部身家開設新礦區，活在深不見底的礦洞，在槍林彈雨中果然挖到價值不菲的血琥珀。之後當他再次投入採礦，血琥珀卻跟他玩捉迷藏，此時戰事迫近，但他揚言挖不到絕不離開。近年緬甸片異軍突起，李永超一段長達12分鐘的挑水走山路「一鏡到底」，以甚具膽識的運鏡，紀錄寶石華貴背後的血與汗。

An alumni of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Golden Horse Film Academy, Burma- born Taiwan-educated filmmaker Lee Yong-chao covertly shot his first feature-length documentary in the volatile war zone of northern Myanmar. Deep in an amber-rich forest controlled by the rebel Kachin Independence Army, a group of villagers work day in and day out in the mines in hopes of finding amber ore that will provide them with a way out of poverty. Blood Amber detailedly documents the villagers’ harsh yet mundane daily lives of repetitive toil amid the constant threat of the civil war that may reach them at any moment.