Hooking up with a local fixer (Barkhad Abdi), he attempts to embed himself with the local Somali pirates, only to find himself quickly in over his head. The Pirates of Somalia tells the incredible true story of one reporter’s risk-taking adventure that ultimately brought the world an unprecedented first-person account of Somali Pirates the first close-up look into Somalia’s rich culture. When rookie journalist Jay Bahadur (Evan Peters) has an inspiring chance encounter with his idol (Al Pacino), he uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. One of those random Pacino movies we didn’t know existed until the arrival of a trailer, this one is based on the non-fiction book “ The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World” by Jay Bahadur, which tells the story of a young journalist who is so inspired by his hero, he moves to Somalia to try and get the story of a lifetime.
Michael Shannon becomes Bigfoot in “ Pottersville,” Brie Larson travels to India for wacky adventures in “ Basmati Blues,” and now Al Pacino becomes the inspiration for Evan Peters to put his life in danger in “ The Pirates Of Somalia.” They were like ex-cons who had found Jesus, eager to let the world know that they had been saved.The past week has seen some truly wacky trailers arrive. It helped as well that members of the main gang I was interviewing had recently renounced their pirating past, and were actively campaigning against piracy in partnership with local religious leaders. As the guest of the de facto head of their clan, my hand was stamped, and most of the pirates were willing to grant me an audience. Jay: Most of the pirates I dealt with belonged to the same sub-clan as my local journalist partner, as well as his father, Puntland President Abdirahman Farole. As a Westerner, how did you ultimately earn their trust? TakePart: You mention in the book that many locals bristled at being called "pirates" by the foreign media. The idea of a young and naive man, setting off alone to make his career (or die trying!) is a very appealing motif. Jay: I think my age is definitely part of the book's marketing angle, and that was something on which I was counting when I began seriously planning to write it. Looking back, do you think it worked to your advantage? TakePart: Much has been made of your age when you went to Somalia.
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