The Pirate Tapes

The Pirate Tapes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 11, 2011

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Pirate Tapes

Production Companies

HBO, HBO Documentary Films, Telesto

Director

Rock Baijnauth

Description

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.