Pirates of Somalia
What happens to the crew aboard a pirated ship, the MV iceberg 1, hijacked for over 11 months.
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What happens to the crew aboard a pirated ship, the MV iceberg 1, hijacked for over 11 months.
Amidst the lingering shadows of the Somali civil war, Qaali, an asthmatic single mother of seven, braves the slums of Kampala, striving daily in a restaurant to shield her family from the specters of their past.
"Black Hawk Down: The Official Documentary" (formerly titled "Somalia: Good Intentions, Deadly Results) is the uncut version of the CNN program co-scripted by Mark Bowden, author of the companion book. This Emmy Award-wi
The film provides a close look at how the nomadic inhabitants of Somalia have withstood the ravages of a harsh desert environment and the encroachment of European imperial forces by synthesizing knowledge of the past, Mu
With no state, no bank system, a scarce army, and an under-equipped police force, the majority of Somalia is completely out of government control.
Somalia in the Picture traces a century of cinema in Mogadishu, where today gorgeous movie palaces lay in ruin. Director Mark Brecke brings this story into even clearer focus, following fellow director Said Salah Ahmed,
Documentary charting the history of newly independent Somalia and the day-to-day life of ordinary Somalians.
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Documentary telling the story of the piracy explosion, with unique access to the coastal towns of war-torn Somalia, the boardrooms of the City of London, the operation hubs on board warships in the Gulf of Aden and the h
This recording details the skinning of animal specimens for preservation following the technique developed by Major P.H.G. Powell-Cotton himself. It is because of the great attention to detail applied throughout the skin