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Initial release 2011 Cinematography Roger Singh | 6/10 IMDb Music director Andrew Moniz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directors Rock Baijnauth, Andrew Moniz, Roger Singh, Matvei Zhivov Screenplay Rock Baijnauth, Matvei Zhivov Producers Rock Baijnauth, Andrew Moniz, Roger Singh, Matvei Zhivov Similar The Guantanamo Trap, The Imposter, Barista, Grave Encounters, Grave Encounters 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Pirate Tapes is a documentary filmed by Somali-Canadian Mohamed Ashareh in Somalia and edited and produced by Palmira PDC in Canada. Ashareh lived with pirates in Somalia for months undercover during 2009, filming their activities with a small camera hanging around his neck. Some of the filming was done by a second cameraman. Ashareh was frequently in danger, and at one point they were both arrested and spent time in a Somali jail.
The film has been heavily criticized for shortcomings attributed to Ashereh's lack of journalistic and filming experience. There has also been a dispute between Ashareh and Palmira PDC over the rights to the footage filmed by Ashereh.
The Pirate Tapes was screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2011.