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Film

Warriors from the North

58 min.DK/Documentary

Abukar, a Somali, lives a life at the very bottom of the Danish society. His son, Mohammed, has joined al-Shabaab in Somalia, perhaps to avoid a life like his father's. Abukar now fears that Mohammed will be the next suicide bomber to carry out his mission, a fear that seems very reasonable, as two out of the seven Danish-Somali men recruited together with Mohammed have already become "martyrs". One carried out a suicide attack at a graduation ceremony for doctors in Mogadishu killing 24. The other attempted an attack at Mogadishu's airport, but failed to kill anyone but himself and two UN soldiers. A fourth young man from this terrorist cell, "The Shadow," got away just in time. "The Shadow" is the narrator of this film.
Basic information Credits
Original title Krigerne fra Nord
Danish title Krigerne fra Nord
Keywords Al Shabaab, Suicide bombers, Terrorism, Danes, The, Somalia, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, Radicalization
Director Søren Steen Jespersen, Nasib Farah
Producer Helle Faber
Director of Photography Henrik Bohn Ipsen
Editor Steen Johannessen
Production country Denmark
Dialogue language Danish,Nederlandsk, se: Hollandsk,English,Finnish
Domestic distribution Made in Copenhagen
International sales DR International Sales
TV release 12.10.2014, DR 1
DFI subsidy Konsulentstøtte
Danish rating Allowed for children over the age of 15
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Companies

Production company Made in Copenhagen
With support from MEDIA (EU), NRK, SVT, VPRO - Television, Det Danske Filminstitut
In collaboration with DR, Danida
Domestic distribution Made in Copenhagen

Direction

Direction Søren Steen Jespersen
Direction Nasib Farah

Script

Script consultant Lars K. Andersen
Story Søren Steen Jespersen

Production

Producer Helle Faber
Production manager Luna Jansen

Cinematography

Cinematographer Henrik Bohn Ipsen

Editing

Editor Steen Johannessen

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