The Pirate Tapes

Movie
TitleThe Pirate Tapes
User score

6

Release dateJul 11, 2011
GenreDocumentary
DirectorRock Baijnauth
Production countrySomalia, Canada
Production companiesHBO, HBO Documentary Films, Telesto
Run time72 min.

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.

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