ThedocuserieslaunchesonFebruary10,2025.RidleyScott,directorofBlackHawkDown,contributedtothisdocuse...
ThedocuserieslaunchesonFebruary10,2025.RidleyScott,directorofBlackHawkDown,contributedtothisdocuseriesthroughhisproductioncompanyRSAFilms.However,JackMacInnesdirectedit.MacInnespreviouslyworkedondocumentaries,includingLeavingAfghanistanin2022.ProducersJamalOsmanandEmmaSuppleworkedwithexecutiveproducersDominicCrossley-HollandandTomPearsontodeveloptheserieseee
ThedocumentaryfocusesonOctober3,1993,whenU.S.ArmyRangersandDeltaForceconductedanoperationinMogadishu.TheirmissionwastocapturemilitialeadersloyaltoGeneralMohamedFarrahAidid.ChaosunfoldedafterRPGsbroughtdownthreeBlackhawkhelicopters,leadingtooneofthemostchallengingurbanbattlesforAmericanforces.
Thedocumentaryincludesstoriesfromsoldiersandsurvivors.U.S.troopsrecallbeingsurroundedandfightingagainstoverwhelmingodds.Audiofromnewsreportscapturesglobalreactionsduringtheevent.Somalifightersandcivilianssharetheirperspectives,includinghowU.S.airstrikesimpactedfamiliesandinspiredretaliation.
Unlikethefilm,theseriesdoesnotframethestorysolelyfromtheU.S.perspective.ItshowcasesSomaliexperiences,exploringtheirmotivationsandlosses.
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