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Pitkin tietä pieni lapsi

Susanna Helke, Virpi Suutari, 2005

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Min fætter er pirat

Christian Sønderby Jepsen, 2010

Nasib Farah, 28, is Somali. His lives in Denmark with his Danish wife and three children. He grew up in an area that has now become the centre for Somali piracy.

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Mogadishu Soldier

Torstein Grude, 2017

'MOGADISHU SOLDIER' is a raw and unfiltered exploration of life in the Somalian war zone as seen by two Burundian soldiers. The fighting is taking place in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, a city of 2 million people. Somalia is abandoned by relief organizations, NGOs and the press, as deployment there is extremely dangerous.

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Præsidenten fra Nordvest

Lars Feldballe Petersen, 2017

Can you run as president and create a new and democratic Somalia after 47 years in Denmark? This is exactly what 67-year-old Ahmed Dualeh is planning to do, as he sets course for the country he, more than anything else, wants to help rebuild on the basis of values he has come to appreciate during his time in Denmark. But his dream proves to be far from the everyday reality in Somalia. Resistance is heavy and the victories few.

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Krigerne fra Nord

Søren Steen Jespersen, Nasib Farah, 2014

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".

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Muna

Warda Mohamed, 2023

British-Somali teen Muna is desperate to go on the school trip. But her parents aren't so sure. Tragedy strikes when her grandfather dies back in Somalia, and Muna must navigate a confusing mourning period for someone she never really knew - all while still desperately hoping to persuade her mother to change her mind about the trip.