Tag: film
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Piracy survivors’ group backs new film
The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) is backing the film A Hijacking, which it describes as “brutally accurate in its depiction of the horror inflicted on the victims of […]
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Navy SEALs vs. Somali Pirates Film
When American special forces unit SEAL Team 6 rescued a pair of aid workers from Somali pirates earlier this year, it became only a matter of time before someone decided […]
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View Fishing Without Nets
Awarded the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at the Sundance 2012 Film Festival (see Fishing Without Nets), director Cutter Hodierne’s tale of Somalian pirates, co-written with John Hibey, can now be […]
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Asad
In one of the strongest entries at the Tribeca Film Festival, a young Somali boy plays on the beach and dreams of joining the pirates from his local community. TRIBECA […]
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Silver Screen
The true story of a British couple held hostage by Somali pirates for more than a year could be heading for our screens. Filmmaker Nick London, who produced Sky’s The […]
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Pirate Movie
A film production company has shot a Hollywood style movie on the piracy crisis, which will be premiered in Athens next month before an audience of industry experts. The film […]
