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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Film: The Project, By Shawn Efran And Adam Ciralsky

Now this looks like a cool documentary and it will be interesting to see the reaction to this film? It definitely has an interesting cast of characters that were interviewed for the film or were actual participants. Specifically, the folks from SCS and the good work they did to train and stand up the PMPF. Here is a quote from below.

Cast: Roger Carstens, Erik Prince, Lafras Luitingh, Rudolph van Heerden, Michael Shanklin, Matthew Bryden

What will really be cool is if they were actually able to capture some of the hostage rescue missions that the PMPF performed, with the help of Roelf van Heerden and his men. –Matt

 

The Project

The scourge of Somali piracy has been devastating the Middle East and North African shipping industries for nearly a decade. As a country with no functioning central government for over twenty years and no military training permitted under UN sanctions, Somalia has been largely powerless to curb the increasingly bold and violent actions of the pirates. Enter the Puntland Maritime Police Force, a secret paramilitary group of mercenary pirate hunters. Initially so undertrained and malnourished that members broke their own legs during marching exercises, the PMPF grows its numbers and hones its tactics under the watchful eye of former U.S. Army Special Forces operative Roger Carstens. It ultimately faces mutiny, death and political infighting in a dangerous quest to pull off the impossible: waging an epic battle on the high seas to rescue dozens of innocent hostages.

Featuring interviews with controversial Blackwater founder Erik Prince and the UN’s arms embargo monitor Matt Bryden, along with shocking firsthand footage from filmmakers embedded within the PMPF, The Project is a gripping, real-life war thriller exposing an unknown, anything-goes battle for control of the seas in one of the most dangerous places on earth.
—Cara Cusumano
Film Information Collapse
2013 | 90 minutes | Documentary Feature
Directed by: Shawn Efran and Adam Ciralsky
Language: English


Country: USA
Premiere: World
Cast & Credits Collapse
Director Shawn Efran, Adam Ciralsky
Screenwriter Shawn Efran, Adam Ciralsky
Producer Adam Ciralsky, Shawn Efran
Producer Adam Ciralsky, Shawn Efran
Editor Alyse Ardell Spiegel
Associate Producer Adam Loeb
Cinematographer Ian Robbie
Executive Producer Adam Ciralsky & Shawn Efran
Composer John Forté
Co-Producer John Forté
Co-Producer John Forté, Roger Carstens
Music Supervisor John Forté
Cast Roger Carstens, Erik Prince, Lafras Luitingh, Rudolph van Heerden, Michael Shanklin, Matthew Bryden
Press ContactsCollapse
Print Source?Shawn Efran?Efran Films?New York, 10001?Phone: 212 510 8963?sefran@me.com
US Sales Contact ?Linda Lichter?Lichter, Grossman, Nichols & Adler?Los Angeles, 90069?Phone: 310 205 6999?llichter@lgna.com
Press Contact?Omar Gonzales?PMK*BNC?New York, 10017?Phone: 212 373 0116?Omar.Gonzales@pmkbnc.com

Link to film here.

1 Comment

  1. […] finally got a chance to watch The Somali Project, which was originally called The Project. This documentary was purchased by The Vladar Company and the film is now available to buy or rent. […]

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