Film

Warriors from the North

2015 · 59m · Documentary · War

IMDb

5.9

The issue of young Muslims traveling from Europe to countries such as Syria and Somalia to fight with Islamic rebels is a highly topical one, making this story of a Danish-Somalian boy even more relevant. His back turned to the camera as he looks out over a nondescript housing development in Copenhagen, “The Shadow” describes how he fell victim to recruiters from the militant Somalian rebel group al-Shabaab. He outlines the conditions that make boys such as him susceptible to the lure of the “holy war,” explaining that, “Nothing in my life made any sense.” So eloquent is he in his account that one might think it was scripted, but what happened to him is as real as the scenes from a suicide attack by one of his former friends.

• Nasib FarahDirector
• Søren Steen JespersenDirector

Release date

March 19, 2015

Status

Released

Original language

Danish

Runtime

59m

Rated

15

Genres

Documentary, War