The Pirate Tapes

Jul 11, 2011

1h 12m

★ 6.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

HBO

HBO Documentary Films

Telesto

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Cast

Self

Mohamed Ashareh

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0.0

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7.2

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7.5

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4.0

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No overview available.

0.0

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8.6

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7.8

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8.5

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6.3

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10.0

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0.0

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