Project Detail

Lost Warrior

Synopsis

In Mogadishu hundreds of deserted Al-Shabaab warriors are drifting in a limbo; unable to return to their Western countries and are now in hiding from Al-Shabaab. The film follows a young British Somali trying to make it back home while his family - including his young wife and child - try to untangle a legal and moral quagmire.

Details

Year: 2018
Type of project: Features
Running time: 81 mins
Director: Søren Steen Jespersen, Nasib Farah
Producer: Helle Faber

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Denmark, UK coproduction

Made in Copenhagen (DK), Doc Society (UK)

Doc Society

Ayan Yusuf

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Sales Company

Lynn Nwokorie

Doc Soicety

lynn@docsociety.org

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