Jay bahadur the pirates of somalia6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Losing their source of income, fishermen took up piracy for sustenance, and while they conducted their “transactions” without ever killing anyone, they were nevertheless represented as terrorists by the media. With the ambitious approach of revealing the country’s challenges through the lives and actions of its pirates, he brings to life the humanity and the complexity of a nation plundered by foreign vessels illegally depleting its rich natural maritime resources. On the heels of his Academy Award nomination for Asad, director Bryan Buckley revisits Somalia through the eyes of a Canadian rookie writer risking it all to break through as a journalist. This film is a far cry from the dichotomies of Captain Philips and the media’s ennobling of Americans in stark contrast to the barbarism of the Somalis. Based on the writings and adventures of best selling journalist Jay Bahadur, Pirates of Somalia is an enthralling ride into the reality of Somalia’s pirates, seen from the shores of a nation pillaged by foreign corporations. ![]()
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