Surviving Black Hawk Down
The new Netflix documentary miniseriesSurviving Black Hawk Downis out now , and it fixes the biggest job with the 2001 Ridley Scott movie . Ridley Scott’sBlack Hawk Downpopularized the story of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu , with it following a radical of American soldier as they attempt to rescue their compatriot from the wreckage of a helicopter and make it out of the Somalian city . subsist Black Hawk Downdelves even further into the true taradiddle , with it distinguish a side of the tarradiddle that the originalBlack Hawk Downmovie was criticized for not cover .
Surviving Black Hawk Downis a three - episode miniseriesthat recounts the events that led up to the Battle of Mogadishu , the outflow from the urban center , and the event following America ’s loss from Somalia . Throughout the docuseries , severalU.S. Army Rangers , Delta Force soldiers , and other American military personnel are interviewed , give their first - mitt accounts of the Black Hawk Down Incident . While hearing the story from their linear perspective is interesting , the American soldier are n’t the only somebody thatSurviving Black Hawk Downhighlights .
Black Hawk Down Has Been Criticized For Dehumanizing The Somalis
Their Side Of The Story Isn’t Shown
Black Hawk Downis a critically spat movie , but it has been criticized for one major element : its treatment of the Somalis . Throughout the Ridley Scott moving picture , the Somalis are dehumanized , with their side of the story not getting explore at all . The Somalis are presented as nothing more than aggressive enemy combatants , with the American characters fighting their way through the crowds of Mogadishu without much care for the people they are killing . This is a job that some critic take down whenBlack Hawk Downwas first released , and the criticism has only get more common over time .
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After the release ofBlack Hawk Down , the Somali Justice Advocacy Center in California and Minnesota both denounced the film , with the Minnesota offshoot even calling for a boycott ( viaZNetwork).The New York Times ' Elvis Mitchell , Entertainment Weekly ’s Owen Gleiberman , Philadelphia Weekly ’s Sean Burns , and more pointed out the problematic depiction of Somalis inBlack Hawk Down . The dehumanization of the Somalis is one of the most glaring issues withBlack Hawk Down , with it being an scene of the film that has aged abominably since its expiration .
Netflix’s Surviving Black Hawk Down Gives The Somalis' Perspective On October 3-4
They Are Given An Equal Focus
Netflix’sSurviving Black Hawk Downtakes things in a dissimilar management , as it spends a plenty of sentence giving the Somalis ' perspective on the result of October 3 and 4 . The series conspicuously feature interviews with Ahmed " Five , " the Somali cameramanwho tape Mike Durant ’s hostage video , as well as several other renowned videos from the Battle of Mogadishu . The documentary also features Somalian soldiers who fought in General Aidid ’s United States Army , families who had their homes raided by American soldier , citizen who were schoolchildren at the time of the battle , and more .
go Black Hawk Downalso spotlight the differences in the telling of the events between the Americans and the Somalis . At several points throughout the serial , the interviewees give contradictory business relationship of the upshot that took post . The Americans tend to frame their liaison in a more positivist light , while the Somalis paint the action of the Americans in a much more disconfirming light . go Black Hawk Downmanages not to take a side , with the use of both perspectives addressing the issue with theBlack Hawk Downmovie .
Surviving Black Hawk Down Criticizes The American Military (Unlike The Movie)
It Takes A More Critical Look At The Battle Of Mogadishu
Another change betweentheBlack Hawk DownmovieandSurviving Black Hawk Downis that the documentary film is far more decisive of the American armed forces . While the film producer are not verbally criticizing the armed services themselves , their choice to admit the Somali ’s thought on the Americans as well as many of the interview with the American soldier paint America ’s involvement in Somalia in a much more negative light .
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For case , the documentary terminate with some of the Somali discipline discussing the disproportionate death toll between Somalis and Americans throughout the Battle of Mogadishu . Delta Force soldier Tom Satterly also criticizes the United States for not direct soldiers on how to cope with their sentence at war when they get back home . Several telltale second also feature the various soldiers talk about how vehement they were while agitate their way out of Mogadishu , with these being some of the most eye - opening part ofSurviving Black Hawk Down .
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