The Pirate Tapes (2011)

- Directed by
- Matvei Zhivov, Roger Singh, Andrew Moniz, Rock Baijnauth
- Genre
- documentary film, pirate film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb

The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Somali-Canadian filmmaker goes undercover in Somalia to film a pirate operation from the inside. The documentary shows how the pirates recruit and run their organization through a first person perspective.
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What happens
The Pirate Tapes is a documentary filmed by Somali-Canadian Mohamed Ashareh in Somalia and edited and produced by Palmira PDC in Canada. The film follows Ashareh, as he infiltrates a Somali pirate operation, giving a first person view of how they recruit and organize. The documentary premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2011. It was picked up for distribution by HBO Documentary Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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