(The Pirate Tapes)

Content: Exposing piracy in Somalia from the inside out, The Pirates Tapes follows Mohamed Ashareh, a young Somali-Canadian, as he travels to Somalia in hopes of joining an active pirate cell. Armed only with a hidden camera, Mohamed works his way into a cell run by a ruthless warlord, Jama Donyal, and is assigned to his first hijacking mission. When things take an unexpected turn, Mohamed finds himself on the run from the law with the danger of execution looming.

Countries:

Somalia,

Canada

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

72 minutes

Year:

2011

Directors:

Rock Baijnauth

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Production companies:

HBO,

HBO Documentary Films,

Telesto

Actors:

Self

Crews:

Director

Writer