Somali Gangs

The Somali Dervish

Centering on the revolutionary Dervish State and its influential leader, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (the "Mad Mullah") is an epic on the grandest scale. The film follows Hassan's life from his roots as a humble mullah to a

The Somali Project

The Project profiles the precarious, real-life story of the Puntland Maritime Police Force, a group of Somali pirate hunters. Taking the hijacking of the African waterways and the kidnapping of innocent citizens into the

Somali Pirates: Fighting Back

Patrolled by desperate gunmen looking to capture any vessel that strays into their path, the waters off East Africa are among the most dangerous in the world. With Somali pirates continuing to make headlines, this timel

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Hunt for the Somali Pirates

The harrowing rescue of Captain Phillips and crew after their U.S. cargo ship was overtaken by pirates is recounted by the Navy SEALs who took part.

Birth of the Somali Nation

Documentary on the Somali Democratic Republic and the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party government.

Somali Pirate Takedown the Real Story

Sorry, My Somali Is Not Very Good

A look into a young Somali woman who is having difficulties speaking her mother tongue. Her father narrates the story Cigaal and the Lion Stump with the hope to persuade her to never give up on her Somali heritage.

The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'

In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy a firestorm erupts when 1,100 Somali refugees relocate to predominately white Lewiston, Maine.

Love Letters in Somalia

In this epistolary film, the traveler gives us his impressions of Africa parallel to the expression of his amorous distress. The images of the present intertwine with the incessant echoes of lost love, combining intimate

The Pirates of Somalia

After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with

Long Live Somaliland

Somaliland Ha Nolato (Long Live Somaliland) takes an experimental approach in exploring and reflecting on the complex history of Somaliland from 1960 to 2021.

Somalia - Die große Anstrengung

East German documentary short about Somalia in 1976.

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Somalinimo

As students return to universities around the world, four British-Somali students talk about navigating one of Britain's most elite institutions: Cambridge University. Their identity is rooted in Somalinimo ('the essence

What Somalia Wants

In this gentrified Harlem dramedy series, Somalia LaMine, a Black deaf fashion designer, pop-up store owner, and TikTok influencer experiences new challenges and hilarious situations associated with the pressures and dem

Somalia: The Forgotten Story

This documentary reaches to the depth of Somali history, starting from the strong kingdoms that ruled areas far away into Africa, passing by the Portuguese raids and ending with its division into five colonies ruled by d

Keinaan, mee takas Somaliaan

Keinaan does what some Finns have long wished he would: he goes back to where he came from, even though he has never actually been there. Accompanied by his cinematographer Hamsa, Keinaan travels to Somalia, the homeland

Somaliland

SOMALILAND follows five Somali students applying to US universities from the unrecognized African country of Somaliland. They seek the best educations in the world in order to develop their nation in the future. But for