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Media log: a guide to film, television, and radio programs supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Endowment. R R Bowker Publishing (1995). Bowker's complete video directory (Volume 2). R.R. Bowker. ISBN 0-8352-3588-2. "Somaliwood: Columbus Has Become A Haven for Somali Filmmaking". The Other Paper. 2007-04-19
Popular movies from Somaliwood include the Somali language slasher thriller Xaaskayga Araweelo, the action comedy Rajo, and Warmooge, the first Somali animated film. The young directors Abdisalam Aato of Olol Films and Abdi Malik Isak are at the forefront of this quiet revolution. [ 23 ]
Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical action-thriller film [4] [5] [6] directed by Paul Greengrass.Based on the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking, the film tells the story of Captain Richard Phillips, an American merchant mariner who was taken hostage by Somali pirates.
The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2017. [5] Shortly after, Echo Bridge acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film, and set it for a December 8, 2017, release. [6] The film received generally mixed reviews. It currently holds a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, [7] and a 54% rating on Metacritic. [8]
Somali Civil War films (5 P) Pages in category "Films set in Somalia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Somaliwood is an informal name for the Somali film industry that has developed in Columbus, Ohio, where a large Somali diaspora exists. [1] [2] [3] Following the model of Bollywood, the name is a portmanteau of the words "Somali" and "Hollywood", the center of the American film industry.
Pages in category "Somali-language films" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
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