Documentary that follows the lives of two pirates and their community on the Somali coastline; what are the incentives of the pirates, why did they become pirates, how did they grow up in a country with political chaos, war and extreme poverty? The narrative structure is built around two interweaving story-lines; one depicting the "present", the daily lives of the pirates and their community, and the second in the "past", revealing through epic animation, the unfolding of a recent hijacking.
Genre: Documentary, Animation
Stars:
Crew: Tommy Pallotta (Director), Femke Wolting (Director), Femke Wolting (Writer), Tommy Pallotta (Writer)
Country: Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands
Language: English, Somali
Studio: Submarine, Razor Film Produktion, Savage Film, Still Films, ZDF, Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)
Runtime: 83 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 24, 2014
IMDb: 5.5
Keywords:pirate, woman director