The UK documentary on Mogadishu

[eyes-only]

what is there left to fight for? We suck, that video was sad beyond belief

[Murax]

Just watched it finally. The entire video was just sad, but the most moving part for me by far was at 19:30 seeing this little girl in a abaaya who couldn't have been more than 4 years old. The look of anguish on Her face and just pure sadness was truly heartbreaking.


Also the guy at the end who was handicapped, yet went all the way to bossaso to somehow make it to Yemen.

[RovingMadness]

Voltage,

Many thanks for giving us a way to watch outside the UK

I was famaliar with the making of this documentary from both friends in the BBC and relatives in Mogadishu that were involved in the security of the Panaroma Team. Frankly, it was poorly made and they failed to capture the human dimension of the conflict. They were in a hurry and seems they had their script before they even set foot in Mogadishu. A promising documentary turned horrible as a result of lazy journalism

[nomadicwarlord]

"A bloody stalemate amongst the concrete and dust".

The reporter's statement sums up the conflict. Sad indeed.