Pirates of Somalia (2017)

Biography, Drama, General Film

Director: Bryan Buckley

Writer(s): Bryan Buckley, Jay Bahadur

Starring: Al Pacino, Evan Peters, Melanie Griffith, Barkhad Abdi, Coral Peña, Philip Ettinger, Robert Hobbs, Russell Posner, Aidan Whytock, Kiana Madani, Darron Meyer, Vere Tindale, Alok Tewari, Sabrina Hassan, Maria Vos, Mohamed Hakeemshady, Edward Gelbinovich, Patrick Holden O’Neill, Lindsay Sullivan, Jojo Gonzalez, Matt Newman, Armaan Haggio, Mohamed Barre, Deka Abdi, Mohamed Osmail Ibrahim, Pope Jerrod, Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, Mursal Mohamed, Minky Ndlovu, Amin Mohamed Osmaan, Mohamed Abdikadir, Mohamed Mohamud Hossein, Ali Mohamed Ali, Abdi Sidow Farah, Mohamood Mohamed Omar, Harun Mohammed, Aili Muhamed Mahamud, Caprice Masinga

Synopsis: In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself among the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately succeeds in providing the first close-up look into who these men are, how they live, and the forces that drive them.

Release Date: April 27, 2017 (USA) | Length: 116 min | Genre: Biography, Drama | MPAA Rating: Rated R for language throughout, drug content, and brief strong violence.

Note: Original title “Dabka”. Not sure if Mohamed Osmail Ibrahim is actually Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim with his name mispelled so I didn’t include his name above.