The Pirates of Somalia

Dec 8, 2017

1h 57m

★ 6.9

Overview

After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Kalahari Pictures

Hungry Man

BCDF Pictures

The Pirates of Somalia Trailers

Cast

Jay Bahadur

Evan Peters

Abdi

Barkhad Abdi

Maria Bahadur

Melanie Griffith

Seymour Tolbin

Al Pacino

Alex

Philip Ettinger

Jared Bahadur

Russell Posner

Tracy Ziconni

Kiana Madani

Avril Benoît

Maria Vos

Jojo

Jojo Gonzalez

Katlyn

Coral Peña

Student

Jennifer Keane

Kailash Bahadur

Alok Tewari

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