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Ayaanle (2022)
Great Movie
With terrorism plaguing countries in the Horn of Africa, Ahmed Farah's terrorist-themed movie, Ayaanle, takes a critical look beyond the surface, attempting to challenge a stereotype that also implicates Western media.
In Nairobi, a young Somali man with dreams of becoming a famous actor gets caught up in an unfortunate sitaation. He's asked by a friend to act as a terrorist leader for international reporters. This is the scenario at play on Ayaanle, the feature debut from Somali director Ahmed Farah. The movie comes with a certain self-awareness. The mocking of international media and its troping of Somalis as terrorists is present. Western reporters, in their pursuit for convenient labelling, are scammed by locals impersonating pirates and terrorists.