Synopsis
When rookie writer and proud Canadian Jay Bahadur has a chance encounter with his journalist idol, he decides to uproot his life in the name of research for his first book. Abandoning his comfortable life, he moves to Somalia to investigate a still-unfolding situation with pirates off the country’s coast. It’s 2008 and the cargo vessel MV Faina has just been hijacked. Based on a true story, Dabka follows a naïve young journalist’s headlong dive into a country he has no business being in. A free agent without government support or a publishing deal, Jay bucks conventions to conduct a raw, on the ground investigation.
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Movie Details
| Lithuania Releases: | January 19th, 2018 (Wide), released as Somalio piratai |
| Video Release: | January 9th, 2018 by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: | R for language throughout, drug content, and brief strong violence. (Rating bulletin 2503 (Cert #51333), 11/22/2017) |
| Running Time: | 116 minutes |
| Keywords: | Early / Simultaneous Video-on-Demand release, Pirates, Somalia, Investigative Journalist, Undercover |
| Source: | Based on Factual Book/Article |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Hungry Man, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology, BCDF Pictures |
| Production Countries: | Kenya, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, United States |
| Languages: | English, Somali |
