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WEBVTT - https://subtitletools.com 00:00:06.606 --> 00:00:09.775 - There's a time when the operation of the machine 00:00:09.777 --> 00:00:12.011 becomes so odious, 00:00:12.013 --> 00:00:15.481 makes you so sick at heart that you can't take part. 00:00:15.483 --> 00:00:17.783 You can't even passively take part, 00:00:17.785 --> 00:00:20.285 and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears 00:00:20.287 --> 00:00:22.688 and upon the wheels, upon the levers, 00:00:22.690 --> 00:00:24.089 upon all the apparatus, 00:00:24.091 --> 00:00:25.791 and you've got to make it stop! 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:35.134 - First, let me start by saying Mario Savio's 00:00:35.136 --> 00:00:37.036 "Operation of the Machine" 00:00:37.038 --> 00:00:40.039 is one of my favorite speeches of all time. 00:00:40.041 --> 00:00:44.043 Mario wasn't a politician or some famous Hollywood star. 00:00:44.045 --> 00:00:47.212 He was just a student who was for civil rights. 00:00:47.214 --> 00:00:49.081 He stood on a car at Berkley 00:00:49.083 --> 00:00:51.083 and screamed whatever came into his head. 00:00:51.085 --> 00:00:53.218 He didn't care that he had a stuttering problem 00:00:53.220 --> 00:00:56.088 or that he might get thrown out of school, which he did. 00:00:56.090 --> 00:00:59.324 He just wanted his voice to be heard 00:00:59.326 --> 00:01:03.796 and be unencumbered by the machine. 00:01:03.798 --> 00:01:05.431 As an investigative writer that has yet 00:01:05.433 --> 00:01:08.801 to be officially published, 00:01:08.803 --> 00:01:11.804 I can relate to Mario's desire. 00:01:19.814 --> 00:01:22.114 That's me behind the wheel, 00:01:22.116 --> 00:01:26.718 Jay Bahadur, proud college graduate of the class of 2007, 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:28.654 arguably the worst year 00:01:28.656 --> 00:01:30.556 since the Great Depression to graduate school, 00:01:30.558 --> 00:01:33.425 but timing was never my strength. 00:01:38.198 --> 00:01:43.569 In fact, good timing seems to be at odds with my very existence, 00:01:43.571 --> 00:01:46.738 but like many unpleasantries in life, 00:01:46.740 --> 00:01:49.408 you just learn to deal with it. 00:02:08.294 --> 00:02:10.329 - Afternoon, shoppers... - Yo. 00:02:10.331 --> 00:02:13.532 Hey, man. Is Mark Reiss here? 00:02:13.534 --> 00:02:16.368 - Reissy? Oh, he left. - Shit, really? 00:02:16.370 --> 00:02:17.569 - Yeah. - Damn it, 00:02:17.571 --> 00:02:19.271 he was supposed to be here. 00:02:19.273 --> 00:02:20.873 - It's kind of lousy out, if you didn't notice. 00:02:20.875 --> 00:02:23.909 He left early. Are you interviewing for stock boy or... 00:02:23.911 --> 00:02:27.246 - Me? No. My name is Jay Bahadur. 00:02:27.248 --> 00:02:31.416 I'm doing market research on premium napkins. 00:02:31.418 --> 00:02:33.752 Mind if I ask you a few questions? 00:02:33.754 --> 00:02:39.791 - Your name isn't even on here. - I assure you, I am legit. 00:02:39.793 --> 00:02:41.260 - You drove all the way from Toronto 00:02:41.262 --> 00:02:43.795 to ask questions about napkins? 00:02:43.797 --> 00:02:47.699 - Premium napkins. - Thought my job sucked. 00:02:47.701 --> 00:02:49.635 - Could you show your paper product aisle? 00:02:49.637 --> 00:02:52.771 - But I'm just kind of busy. 00:02:52.773 --> 00:02:56.542 - Is there a reason why the six ...reason why the six pack 00:02:56.544 --> 00:02:58.844 This thing does not like me. 00:03:10.690 --> 00:03:14.760 Is there a reason why the six pack paisley napkins 00:03:14.762 --> 00:03:21.567 are here and not here? 00:03:21.569 --> 00:03:23.535 It's not a trick question. 00:03:23.537 --> 00:03:25.971 - I... I think because it was just easier putting them on the floor 00:03:25.973 --> 00:03:29.875 than on the top shelf. 00:03:29.877 --> 00:03:33.879 - And would making our packaging more festive make you consider 00:03:33.881 --> 00:03:38.383 moving the premium napkins to the top shelf? 00:03:42.822 --> 00:03:44.723 You're probably thinking 00:03:44.725 --> 00:03:46.558 that a person with my intellectual capacity 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:47.960 would loathe waiting for that gentleman's answer 00:03:47.962 --> 00:03:49.995 to my question. 00:03:49.997 --> 00:03:53.532 But actually, I feel quite the contrary. 00:03:53.534 --> 00:03:54.933 - I would just leave them on the bottom shelf, man. 00:03:54.935 --> 00:03:57.803 It's less work. - Less work. 00:03:57.805 --> 00:04:00.472 Understanding what drives a mind to react the way 00:04:00.474 --> 00:04:04.343 it does to things never ceases to amaze me. 00:04:04.345 --> 00:04:07.946 My careful documentation of this one man's opinion could, 00:04:07.948 --> 00:04:10.849 in its own way, reshape the patterns of napkins 00:04:10.851 --> 00:04:16.488 on every home on this street, 00:04:16.490 --> 00:04:20.726 including that one, my ex-high school girlfriend, 00:04:20.728 --> 00:04:23.262 Tracy Zicconi's house. 00:04:23.264 --> 00:04:25.597 The darkened second-floor window just a reminder 00:04:25.599 --> 00:04:30.802 that she now resides 1,825 miles away at Stanford. 00:04:30.804 --> 00:04:33.572 And I know it's 1,825 miles away 00:04:33.574 --> 00:04:36.408 because I have an obsession with Google Maps, 00:04:36.410 --> 00:04:39.278 not with my ex-high school girlfriend. 00:04:47.954 --> 00:04:50.822 I was raised as a non-practicing Hindu-Christian 00:04:50.824 --> 00:04:53.558 half-Indian living at this address. 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:57.062 This is the home of Kailash and Maria Bahadur. 00:04:57.064 --> 00:04:59.398 My well-laid-out graduation plan 00:04:59.400 --> 00:05:01.400 was only to visit my former residence on festive holidays 00:05:01.402 --> 00:05:04.403 such as Canadian Thanksgiving and Christmas, 00:05:04.405 --> 00:05:08.940 perhaps offering my skills at turkey basting or tree trimming, 00:05:08.942 --> 00:05:12.844 but this was 2008. 00:05:12.846 --> 00:05:15.347 Plans evaporated. 00:05:15.349 --> 00:05:18.583 Upon my graduation from the esteemed University of Toronto, 00:05:18.585 --> 00:05:22.754 my parents had decided to give me my own mailbox. 00:05:22.756 --> 00:05:24.856 They saw it as a way in which to somehow legitimize 00:05:24.858 --> 00:05:27.759 my residence in their basement. 00:05:27.761 --> 00:05:29.494 The funny thing was that the mailman 00:05:29.496 --> 00:05:30.862 refused to deliver my mail there, 00:05:30.864 --> 00:05:32.764 so Mom would sort the mail 00:05:32.766 --> 00:05:35.334 and deliver it herself after each delivery. 00:05:46.646 --> 00:05:48.680 "Dear Mr. Bahadur, the editorial staff 00:05:48.682 --> 00:05:50.382 "at 'Vanity Fair' has reviewed your story submission, 00:05:50.384 --> 00:05:53.752 "and we unfortunately do not feel 00:05:53.754 --> 00:05:54.920 "it's something we would like our magazine 00:05:54.922 --> 00:05:56.955 "to pursue at this time. 00:05:56.957 --> 00:05:58.090 We wish you the best of luck at other publications..." 00:05:58.092 --> 00:06:00.926 Blah fucking blah. 00:06:00.928 --> 00:06:03.929 Why do all rejection letters have the word "unfortunately" 00:06:03.931 --> 00:06:06.031 in the first sentence? 00:06:06.033 --> 00:06:09.768 Surely there is a more original adverb to toss in there. 00:06:09.770 --> 00:06:14.039 I vow that I will never write for a publication 00:06:14.041 --> 00:06:17.576 that uses the word "unfortunately" 00:06:17.578 --> 00:06:20.579 in their first sentence. 00:06:20.581 --> 00:06:23.014 I am better than that. 00:06:47.740 --> 00:06:49.574 Come on. 00:06:49.576 --> 00:06:54.646 Jared? Jared? Jared. 00:06:56.949 --> 00:06:59.718 Is that my Red Bull? - No. 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:02.554 - Look at me. 00:07:02.556 --> 00:07:04.456 - Mom says you got to shovel the snow in the driveway 00:07:04.458 --> 00:07:06.158 so Dad can get in. 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:07.893 - Me? - Mm-hmm. 00:07:07.895 --> 00:07:11.930 - You're not doing anything. - Doing homework. 00:07:11.932 --> 00:07:15.167 - Uh, where's mom? - The elusive pink 00:07:15.169 --> 00:07:17.769 fairy armadillo has been known to... 00:07:17.771 --> 00:07:20.439 - Mom? Mom? 00:07:20.441 --> 00:07:21.907 - Yeah? 00:07:21.909 --> 00:07:24.109 - Why do I have to shovel the driveway? 00:07:24.111 --> 00:07:27.913 - Your father and I discussed this with you, Jay, 00:07:27.915 --> 00:07:31.817 about ways for you to contribute rent, remember? 00:07:31.819 --> 00:07:35.020 And I'm so sorry about your rejection letter. 00:07:35.955 --> 00:07:38.690 Ahh! 00:07:40.493 --> 00:07:43.662 - Yo! - Ahh! 00:07:43.664 --> 00:07:47.065 Are you, like, earning some extra allowance or something? 00:07:47.067 --> 00:07:49.201 - I'm starting to wonder why I didn't commit teen suicide 00:07:49.203 --> 00:07:51.036 when I could. - Amen. 00:07:51.038 --> 00:07:53.872 Yo, bro, you want to, like, hit Parrots with us? 00:07:53.874 --> 00:07:56.141 - Can't. I got to submit my research numbers. 00:07:56.143 --> 00:07:57.876 They got to be in Chicago by tomorrow. 00:07:57.878 --> 00:07:59.811 - Then fake it. - I can't, man. 00:07:59.813 --> 00:08:02.214 They figure out all sorts of stuff based off my results. 00:08:02.216 --> 00:08:04.716 - Like what? - Like what holiday paisleys 00:08:04.718 --> 00:08:06.551 are popular and stuff. 00:08:06.553 --> 00:08:08.253 - Okay, bro, you lost me. 00:08:08.255 --> 00:08:09.888 - Journalistic integrity, 00:08:09.890 --> 00:08:11.523 it's gonna be worth something on the resume 00:08:11.525 --> 00:08:13.158 when I apply to Harvard's journalism school. 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:17.062 - Right, right. - Hey, I got an idea for a story 00:08:17.064 --> 00:08:18.497 I'm gonna submit. It came to me when I was 00:08:18.499 --> 00:08:20.265 listening to CBC Radio today. 00:08:20.267 --> 00:08:21.833 - What's... what's the angle? 00:08:21.835 --> 00:08:24.035 - The end of the comedic dictator. 00:08:24.037 --> 00:08:27.005 Kim Jong is on his death bed, and once he goes, 00:08:27.007 --> 00:08:30.175 where's the dictator comedy gonna come from? 00:08:30.177 --> 00:08:33.912 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He's funny and very alive. 00:08:33.914 --> 00:08:35.780 - He's not funny. 00:08:35.782 --> 00:08:37.782 - He's a little funny. 00:08:37.784 --> 00:08:40.118 - He's a little funny, but no one can pronounce his name. 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:42.621 - Your story is flawed, bro. 00:08:42.623 --> 00:08:45.590 - You guys want to hear something fucked up? 00:08:45.592 --> 00:08:48.527 Tracy's getting engaged. 00:08:48.529 --> 00:08:51.696 - Where did you hear that shit? - Mm, Kate. 00:08:51.698 --> 00:08:54.599 She said she saw it posted on Facebook. 00:08:54.601 --> 00:08:57.802 She's gonna marry her Lit professor. 00:08:57.804 --> 00:09:00.705 - No way. Tracy is repulsed by older men. 00:09:00.707 --> 00:09:01.940 - You were older. 00:09:01.942 --> 00:09:04.142 - Two years is not older, man! 00:09:04.144 --> 00:09:06.144 - It's a little bit older. 00:09:06.146 --> 00:09:08.580 - Fuck you, Crowe. 00:09:08.582 --> 00:09:11.783 - Hey, are you sure you don't want to hit Parrots with us? 00:09:11.785 --> 00:09:13.318 - No, dude, I got to... 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:17.155 - Do some shit nobody gives a fuck about? 00:09:17.157 --> 00:09:19.057 - Exactly. 00:09:19.059 --> 00:09:21.092 - All right, well, that is your loss, 00:09:21.094 --> 00:09:25.263 but if you change your mind, please hit us up. 00:09:25.265 --> 00:09:28.300 - You got it. Later, dudes. - See you, buddy. 00:09:28.302 --> 00:09:31.836 - See you. 00:09:31.838 --> 00:09:35.140 - Fucking moron. - What? 00:09:39.579 --> 00:09:42.213 - Ahh! Ahh! 00:09:45.284 --> 00:09:46.985 - Name's Bahadur, here 00:09:46.987 --> 00:09:48.653 to see Dr. Fleshman about my back. 00:09:48.655 --> 00:09:50.822 - Have you ever been here before? 00:09:50.824 --> 00:09:52.591 - No. - All right, you'll just need 00:09:52.593 --> 00:09:56.795 to fill out these forms. - Right. 00:09:56.797 --> 00:09:57.963 - You okay? 00:09:57.965 --> 00:10:00.932 - Yeah, I just hurt my back, 00:10:00.934 --> 00:10:03.268 figured I'd get a jump on being a senior citizen. 00:10:10.743 --> 00:10:15.647 - So, you busting on grey hairs? To make a move on Kaitlyn, eh? 00:10:19.085 --> 00:10:21.086 - Excuse me? 00:10:21.088 --> 00:10:22.988 - That's all right, I understand. 00:10:22.990 --> 00:10:27.025 I'd take down all of humanity just to bang her. 00:10:27.027 --> 00:10:30.996 - Seymour. - Ooh. I was just talking. 00:10:30.998 --> 00:10:33.365 I'm trying to keep it a level playing field. 00:10:33.367 --> 00:10:35.400 - Yeah, leave him alone. - You know what I'm saying. 00:10:35.402 --> 00:10:39.004 Sorry. What happened to your back? 00:10:39.006 --> 00:10:41.706 - Sh-shoveling. - Shoveling? 00:10:41.708 --> 00:10:45.677 - Yeah. - I got, uh, shrapnel moving 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:47.812 around the vertebrae. 00:10:47.814 --> 00:10:49.881 It's a bitch. 00:10:49.883 --> 00:10:51.950 - Well, sounds like I got the better end of the deal in here. 00:10:51.952 --> 00:10:53.918 - Oh, bullshit. 00:10:53.920 --> 00:10:59.958 Shoveling? I hate shoveling. Pointless waste of time, no? 00:10:59.960 --> 00:11:02.961 Name's Seymour Tolbin. 00:11:02.963 --> 00:11:06.097 - Ah. - Oh, oh, sorry. 00:11:06.099 --> 00:11:10.902 - Wait, Seymour Tolbin? - Yeah. 00:11:10.904 --> 00:11:13.004 - The... who writes for "The Daily Mail?" 00:11:13.006 --> 00:11:15.807 - Wrote. I'm retired, sort of. 00:11:15.809 --> 00:11:17.876 But that's right. That's me. 00:11:17.878 --> 00:11:19.444 - Holy fuck. 00:11:19.446 --> 00:11:23.682 You are one of my favorite journalists of all time. 00:11:23.684 --> 00:11:26.985 - Come on. You Facebook people have favorite journalists? 00:11:26.987 --> 00:11:29.287 - You were one of the first reporters who had the guts 00:11:29.289 --> 00:11:32.023 to report the Battle of Ong Thanh as a loss. 00:11:32.025 --> 00:11:35.727 - That's... So you're a journalist? 00:11:35.729 --> 00:11:37.696 - No. Well, I mean, yeah, I want to be, 00:11:37.698 --> 00:11:39.998 but I can't... I just... you know, 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:43.101 I haven't taken a... I never took a class, 00:11:43.103 --> 00:11:45.470 but I'm seriously... I'm thinking about going back 00:11:45.472 --> 00:11:46.905 to get a degree. 00:11:46.907 --> 00:11:49.140 Harvard is the... is the goal. 00:11:49.142 --> 00:11:53.178 - Oh, how can you say something stupid like that? 00:11:53.180 --> 00:11:55.780 - What... - Why do you think journalism 00:11:55.782 --> 00:11:57.449 is a pile of "People" magazine, 00:11:57.451 --> 00:12:02.887 "She got cellulite on her Dumpster" crap right now? 00:12:02.889 --> 00:12:06.458 Journalism isn't taught. It's innate. 00:12:06.460 --> 00:12:08.793 You know what I'm saying? 00:12:08.795 --> 00:12:11.930 You think the shrapnel in my back landed there 00:12:11.932 --> 00:12:15.033 because I was using my head? 00:12:15.035 --> 00:12:16.901 No way. 00:12:16.903 --> 00:12:19.971 - So what are you saying? - I'm saying fuck Harvard, 00:12:19.973 --> 00:12:21.873 is what I'm saying. 00:12:21.875 --> 00:12:24.042 Fuck Harvard. 00:12:24.044 --> 00:12:28.947 You want to make it as some big swinging dick journalist? 00:12:28.949 --> 00:12:33.785 You got to go somewhere fucking crazy. 00:12:33.787 --> 00:12:35.854 - Somewhere where Western reporters would consider 00:12:35.856 --> 00:12:37.756 it too dangerous to go, 00:12:37.758 --> 00:12:42.026 like, write as a stringer from there, get a book going. 00:12:42.028 --> 00:12:43.528 It's the only way out. 00:12:43.530 --> 00:12:48.099 - Yeah, that makes sense, man. That makes sense. 00:12:48.101 --> 00:12:52.070 Where you thinking of going? 00:12:52.072 --> 00:12:56.975 - Somalia. 00:12:56.977 --> 00:12:58.877 Hmm? - Like, I... I bought a... 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:02.547 An umbrella from a Somali once. 00:13:02.549 --> 00:13:04.282 - What does that mean? 00:13:04.284 --> 00:13:06.217 - That means where's the fucking conflict, 00:13:06.219 --> 00:13:08.787 besides the fact that they machete reporters to death? 00:13:08.789 --> 00:13:10.188 - In Somalia the seeds of democracy 00:13:10.190 --> 00:13:11.856 are growing amidst anarchy. 00:13:11.858 --> 00:13:13.391 I did a paper on it my freshman year. 00:13:13.393 --> 00:13:15.393 - So? 00:13:15.395 --> 00:13:17.529 - So it's a misunderstood place. 00:13:17.531 --> 00:13:20.565 - Bro, democracy is not topical, all right? 00:13:20.567 --> 00:13:23.301 No... nobody wants to understand Somalia. 00:13:23.303 --> 00:13:27.172 - Did you know in Somaliland they held an election 00:13:27.174 --> 00:13:32.043 where the minority clan won the presidential office by 80 votes, 00:13:32.045 --> 00:13:34.078 and there was no violence? 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:36.247 The transition of power was peaceful. 00:13:36.249 --> 00:13:39.350 - It was peaceful because nobody bothered reporting on it. 00:13:39.352 --> 00:13:44.222 You need to listen to me. You want conflict? 00:13:44.224 --> 00:13:47.492 You want to tell the story from both sides? 00:13:47.494 --> 00:13:49.360 Go to Sudan. 00:13:49.362 --> 00:13:54.232 There's your ticket, not Somalia. 00:13:54.234 --> 00:13:58.570 - I don't know, man. I got a good grade on that paper. 00:13:58.572 --> 00:14:01.539 Somalia and me are copacetic. 00:14:01.541 --> 00:14:03.875 Is a Mr. Trey Williamson here? 00:14:03.877 --> 00:14:06.277 - Just left. - Shit, really? 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:08.413 My name is, uh, Jay Bahadur. 00:14:08.415 --> 00:14:10.081 I'm here to conduct a marketing research... 00:14:10.083 --> 00:14:12.917 - Who's the guy eating Doritos on my aisle? 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:16.588 - That's my associate, Mr. Felcher. 00:14:16.590 --> 00:14:19.624 - I have to clean that shit up. - I'm so sorry, man. 00:14:19.626 --> 00:14:21.459 - Would you please... - Continue maestro. 00:14:21.461 --> 00:14:24.362 - Refrain from eating in this poor man's aisle? 00:14:24.364 --> 00:14:25.964 And just start to pick that up. 00:14:25.966 --> 00:14:26.965 - I got it. - Thank you. 00:14:26.967 --> 00:14:28.366 - I got it. 00:14:28.368 --> 00:14:31.202 - And where is your, uh, napkin aisle? 00:14:31.204 --> 00:14:32.937 - Aisle seven. - Seven. 00:14:32.939 --> 00:14:34.873 - Hey, uh, Jay? 00:14:34.875 --> 00:14:36.507 I think you should check this shit out. 00:14:36.509 --> 00:14:38.643 - I thought we agreed you would be silent, bro. 00:14:38.645 --> 00:14:42.213 - No, bro, I really think you should check this out. 00:14:43.984 --> 00:14:47.986 Would you excuse me for a moment? Thank you. 00:14:48.354 --> 00:14:50.288 What the fuck, man? - The rebels, 00:14:50.290 --> 00:14:52.123 who Kenyan officials liken to seagoing pirates 00:14:52.125 --> 00:14:54.626 have taken captive the MV Faina, 00:14:54.628 --> 00:14:57.362 a Ukrainian vessel, off the Somali coast, 00:14:57.364 --> 00:15:00.031 and they're demanding an untold ransom. 00:15:00.033 --> 00:15:02.400 Our correspondent, Mitch Kelp, has more on the story 00:15:02.402 --> 00:15:05.937 from outside the U.S. embassy in Nairobi. 00:15:05.939 --> 00:15:08.039 Mitch, what more can you tell us? 00:15:08.041 --> 00:15:09.641 - Well, Chrissy, not a whole lot. 00:15:09.643 --> 00:15:11.542 We are going off an official press release 00:15:11.544 --> 00:15:13.411 from the Kenyan government. 00:15:13.413 --> 00:15:15.513 We don't have a single source in Somalia, 00:15:15.515 --> 00:15:17.482 and I'm sure as shit not gonna get my ass shot over there 00:15:17.484 --> 00:15:20.084 trying to find out what would possess these, um... 00:15:20.086 --> 00:15:22.287 Possess these crackheads to take an unarmed tanker. 00:15:22.289 --> 00:15:25.123 - Hmm. Well, Mitch, word here is our corporate insurance policy 00:15:25.125 --> 00:15:27.058 wouldn't cover you in that hellhole, 00:15:27.060 --> 00:15:29.060 and they'd hate to have a lawsuit from your family 00:15:29.062 --> 00:15:32.263 on their hands when they mail you back in pieces. 00:15:32.265 --> 00:15:35.266 - Thank corporate for being so considerate, Chrissy. 00:15:35.268 --> 00:15:37.602 Back to you. 00:15:37.604 --> 00:15:41.139 - So until we can find one crazy motherfucker 00:15:41.141 --> 00:15:44.509 to head over to Somalia and find out what's going on, 00:15:44.511 --> 00:15:47.612 we'll continue to take uneducated guesses 00:15:47.614 --> 00:15:51.249 as to who these pirates are. 00:15:51.251 --> 00:15:54.018 Bahadur, answer the phone! 00:15:54.020 --> 00:15:56.321 - And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears 00:15:56.323 --> 00:16:00.091 and upon the wheels... 00:16:00.093 --> 00:16:01.459 - Hello? 00:16:01.461 --> 00:16:04.195 - Hello? Is this Mr. Jay Bahadur? 00:16:04.197 --> 00:16:06.130 - Yeah. - This is Mohamad Farole 00:16:06.132 --> 00:16:09.100 from Radio Garowe over in Somalia. 00:16:09.102 --> 00:16:11.069 I got your email. 00:16:11.071 --> 00:16:13.304 So you are wanting to come to Somalia for a book. 00:16:13.306 --> 00:16:15.306 You are writing on the pirates, 00:16:15.308 --> 00:16:17.508 and you're looking for people to talk to here, right? 00:16:17.510 --> 00:16:20.378 - Yes, exactly. - I must say that is more than 00:16:20.380 --> 00:16:23.548 any other reporter has been willing to do. 00:16:23.550 --> 00:16:25.550 You are the first Westerner 00:16:25.552 --> 00:16:28.119 to actually ask to come see what's going on here. 00:16:28.121 --> 00:16:31.356 - That's unfortunate. - Yes, yes, it's true. 00:16:31.358 --> 00:16:33.524 I'll have a conversation with my father, 00:16:33.526 --> 00:16:36.294 accommodate your request. - Okay, okay. 00:16:36.296 --> 00:16:39.464 And, uh, how... uh, you think your father 00:16:39.466 --> 00:16:42.200 will be able to make this happen? 00:16:42.202 --> 00:16:45.269 - I would hope so. He is our president. 00:16:51.276 --> 00:16:55.413 - Assalamu alaikum. - Uhh. 00:16:55.415 --> 00:16:58.082 - That's Somali for hello. 00:16:58.084 --> 00:17:02.520 I suggest you learn it, Bahadur. I'm out of cigars. 00:17:02.522 --> 00:17:05.156 Want to walk with me? 00:17:05.158 --> 00:17:07.191 - Okay. 00:17:07.193 --> 00:17:08.526 Yeah, this guy Farole called. 00:17:08.528 --> 00:17:10.228 I just sent out some feelers 00:17:10.230 --> 00:17:11.696 to a few Somali news services, and boom. 00:17:11.698 --> 00:17:13.598 - The president's son calls you back. 00:17:13.600 --> 00:17:15.133 - Yes! I never 00:17:15.135 --> 00:17:16.601 get a break like that, never. 00:17:16.603 --> 00:17:19.270 - Well, uh, you create your own reality, chief. 00:17:19.272 --> 00:17:20.438 - Well, if that was true, we would all live 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:22.106 in a solipsistic universe 00:17:22.108 --> 00:17:23.508 wherein we could do whatever we wanted 00:17:23.510 --> 00:17:25.109 without any further consequences. 00:17:25.111 --> 00:17:27.178 - What the fuck are you talking about? 00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:29.280 - Michael Topper, author of "Channeling UFOs" 00:17:29.282 --> 00:17:31.382 and "The Positive/Negative Realms Beyond This World?" 00:17:31.384 --> 00:17:34.252 - You read too much. Fuck more girls, instead. 00:17:34.254 --> 00:17:40.625 Speaking of which, I read that writing sample you gave me. 00:17:40.627 --> 00:17:42.527 - Bad? 00:17:42.529 --> 00:17:45.496 - Why the fuck would you write a piece 00:17:45.498 --> 00:17:49.400 on how to get away without paying parking tickets? 00:17:49.402 --> 00:17:51.602 - I thought people would laugh. - Laugh? 00:17:51.604 --> 00:17:54.305 Parking tickets pay for the roads. 00:17:54.307 --> 00:17:57.241 The roads get you out of this shit hole. 00:17:57.243 --> 00:17:59.844 - So you hated it? - No, actually. 00:17:59.846 --> 00:18:01.679 I liked it. 00:18:01.681 --> 00:18:04.816 It's not the second coming of Hunter S. Thompson, 00:18:04.818 --> 00:18:09.120 but you write with a good conscience. 00:18:09.122 --> 00:18:10.354 - You think? - Yeah. 00:18:10.356 --> 00:18:12.623 Don't let it go to your head. 00:18:12.625 --> 00:18:15.660 Bravo. 00:18:15.662 --> 00:18:20.865 So Avril Benoit, you know who she is? 00:18:20.867 --> 00:18:22.834 - Yeah, uh, she's on CBC Radio. 00:18:22.836 --> 00:18:25.303 She did a great report on Kenya a few weeks ago. 00:18:25.305 --> 00:18:29.407 - Exactly. She's a friend of mine, uh, 00:18:29.409 --> 00:18:33.845 and I want to put you in contact with her. 00:18:33.847 --> 00:18:35.546 - Okay. 00:18:35.548 --> 00:18:39.217 - She's a good one for feeding pages to. 00:18:39.219 --> 00:18:42.887 So you got... you got a book outline? 00:18:42.889 --> 00:18:44.789 - No. - Wrong. 00:18:44.791 --> 00:18:47.592 You're formulating one, okay? 00:18:47.594 --> 00:18:49.861 - I haven't. I mean, this is all happening so fast. 00:18:49.863 --> 00:18:52.130 I just... I Googled "Somalia press," 00:18:52.132 --> 00:18:53.664 found Farole's name, and sent out a blind email. 00:18:53.666 --> 00:18:55.433 I had no idea this was gonna blow up, none. 00:18:55.435 --> 00:18:58.436 - Bahadur, you got a book outline? 00:18:58.438 --> 00:19:00.171 - No! That's what I'm trying to tell you... 00:19:00.173 --> 00:19:06.611 - Stop! Try again. You got a book outline? 00:19:06.613 --> 00:19:08.412 - I'm formulating it. 00:19:08.414 --> 00:19:10.515 - I knew you'd get it on the third try. 00:19:10.517 --> 00:19:12.283 Come on, let's go. 00:19:12.285 --> 00:19:17.355 So how much do you know about Somalia? 00:19:17.357 --> 00:19:19.390 - Uh, well, I did a term paper 00:19:19.392 --> 00:19:21.425 on it my freshman year at university, so. 00:19:21.427 --> 00:19:22.827 - That's good. 00:19:22.829 --> 00:19:26.564 Don't tell me the grade. It's a start. 00:19:26.566 --> 00:19:28.466 Immerse yourself in it. 00:19:28.468 --> 00:19:29.901 You dig cigars? 00:19:29.903 --> 00:19:32.570 - I never understood cigars. 00:19:32.572 --> 00:19:34.639 - That's clever, don't you think, Jo? 00:19:34.641 --> 00:19:37.875 Okay. Save this. 00:19:37.877 --> 00:19:41.846 By the time this thing is over, you will. 00:19:41.848 --> 00:19:45.449 Jo, thank you. 00:19:45.451 --> 00:19:49.353 What else don't you understand? I need to know that. 00:19:49.355 --> 00:19:52.256 - The Jays are going to lose Burnett to the Yanks. 00:19:52.258 --> 00:19:54.792 They offered him 82.5 million over five years. 00:19:54.794 --> 00:19:58.296 Can you believe that? - I have an announcement. 00:19:58.298 --> 00:20:02.733 - What kind of announcement? - Yes, what kind? 00:20:02.735 --> 00:20:07.738 - Uh, I'm gonna go to Somalia 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:10.775 and write a book on the pirates, 00:20:10.777 --> 00:20:12.977 try to get some stories published. 00:20:12.979 --> 00:20:17.648 - Somalia? - I know what you're thinking. 00:20:17.650 --> 00:20:21.586 I know you're thinking it's batshit crazy, but I think 00:20:21.588 --> 00:20:25.623 this is the only way for me to become a journalist. 00:20:25.625 --> 00:20:28.593 - AIDS. - AIDS? 00:20:28.595 --> 00:20:31.729 - Isn't that a problem there? - I believe so, 00:20:31.731 --> 00:20:34.565 but I'm going to write about the pirates, 00:20:34.567 --> 00:20:37.001 Dad, not sleep with them. 00:20:42.641 --> 00:20:47.411 Excuse me, it's my Somali contact. 00:20:47.413 --> 00:20:52.883 Assalamu alaikum. 00:20:52.885 --> 00:20:56.287 Shifted? 00:20:56.289 --> 00:21:00.458 - He needs to do more yoga. His shoulders are bad. 00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:02.827 - Assalam... ciao. 00:21:10.302 --> 00:21:15.673 - You okay, sweetheart? - Yeah, I'm okay. 00:21:15.675 --> 00:21:16.874 I was wrong though. 00:21:16.876 --> 00:21:18.643 - Wrong? - Yeah, apparently 00:21:18.645 --> 00:21:20.778 there's an additional $500 security deposit 00:21:20.780 --> 00:21:22.046 I didn't account for. 00:21:22.048 --> 00:21:25.583 - 500? - Security deposit? 00:21:25.585 --> 00:21:27.985 - Yeah, just for, you know... You know, for, like, uh, 00:21:27.987 --> 00:21:31.822 vehicles and such, insurance policies, things like that. 00:21:35.394 --> 00:21:37.561 Can I borrow $500? 00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:44.902 - Welcome about flight 823 now departing for Frankfurt. 00:21:44.904 --> 00:21:46.671 At this time we'd like you to put away 00:21:46.673 --> 00:21:47.772 all your electronic devices... - Excuse me, sir. 00:21:47.774 --> 00:21:49.540 All cell phones must be off. 00:21:49.542 --> 00:21:50.941 - It's just final words to my ex-girlfriend 00:21:50.943 --> 00:21:53.010 before I had to Somalia. 00:21:53.012 --> 00:21:57.448 I'm, uh, basically looking for a little sympathy, maybe a wow. 00:21:57.450 --> 00:22:02.320 Personally, between me and you, I'd settle for an LOL. 00:22:02.322 --> 00:22:04.488 - Off, please. - Right, right, sorry. 00:22:04.490 --> 00:22:06.324 I want to take a moment now to say 00:22:06.326 --> 00:22:07.858 that not all the characters in this film 00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:09.327 are exactly like they are in real life, 00:22:09.329 --> 00:22:11.629 except for that stewardess. 00:22:11.631 --> 00:22:14.098 I felt she needed to be depicted completely accurately 00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:17.101 in her total lack of empathy for my pain. 00:22:17.103 --> 00:22:19.103 Thankfully I only had to spend the next eight hours 00:22:19.105 --> 00:22:20.771 of my journey with her, 00:22:20.773 --> 00:22:22.707 and then I'd get a new stewardess, 00:22:22.709 --> 00:22:24.875 and then another stewardess, and then another. 00:22:24.877 --> 00:22:26.677 In fact, I might have set 00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:28.579 a connecting flight record to Somalia, 00:22:28.581 --> 00:22:31.015 but see, this was all part of my master plan, 00:22:31.017 --> 00:22:33.751 a fixed budget that would allow me to write my book, 00:22:33.753 --> 00:22:35.453 and unlike several of my predecessors 00:22:35.455 --> 00:22:37.455 who ventured to where that flag is, 00:22:37.457 --> 00:22:40.558 I'd say alive, as kidnapping and killing journalists 00:22:40.560 --> 00:22:41.926 had become an unfortunate trend here. 00:23:17.562 --> 00:23:18.696 Dude. 00:23:27.038 --> 00:23:30.040 Fuck! Stop! 00:23:30.042 --> 00:23:33.878 Stop the fucking... Seymour? 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:35.880 Tracy? 00:23:35.882 --> 00:23:37.615 I thought you were repulsed by older men! 00:23:42.555 --> 00:23:43.954 - Please calm down! - Make out with me! 00:23:43.956 --> 00:23:48.726 Make out with me now! Ahh! 00:23:48.728 --> 00:23:50.594 Believe it or not, that is what I consider 00:23:50.596 --> 00:23:51.996 a mild Tracy nightmare. 00:23:51.998 --> 00:23:55.733 Sorry, sorry, man. 00:23:55.735 --> 00:23:57.668 In order to clear my mind of its negativity, 00:23:57.670 --> 00:23:59.970 I'll take a moment now to focus on the less fortunate 00:23:59.972 --> 00:24:04.608 than myself, the people of Somalia. 00:24:04.610 --> 00:24:08.112 Hard to believe this land was once known as a nation of poets. 00:24:08.114 --> 00:24:10.614 Throughout their history, the Somali poet was counted on 00:24:10.616 --> 00:24:12.683 to defend a clan's honor. 00:24:12.685 --> 00:24:14.485 They used poems of persuasion 00:24:14.487 --> 00:24:17.154 in lieu of weapons to settle disputes, 00:24:17.156 --> 00:24:20.458 but in the 20th century times changed. 00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.826 Both the English and the Italians 00:24:21.828 --> 00:24:24.128 attempted to colonize them. 00:24:24.130 --> 00:24:26.130 They introduced guns into battle, 00:24:26.132 --> 00:24:29.233 and although Somalia valiantly refused to succumb, 00:24:29.235 --> 00:24:32.870 the scars of war never relented. 00:24:32.872 --> 00:24:35.873 Somalia's recent civil war had caused over a million people 00:24:35.875 --> 00:24:39.043 to flee to neighboring countries as refuges. 00:24:39.045 --> 00:24:43.247 Those who stayed faced droughts, floods, famine, 00:24:43.249 --> 00:24:46.250 feuding clan battles, and jihad. 00:24:46.252 --> 00:24:49.487 Their newly-elected President Farole had his hands full, 00:24:49.489 --> 00:24:53.090 especially when you threw in the pirates. 00:24:53.092 --> 00:24:55.693 I arrived at my destination city of Galkayo, 00:24:55.695 --> 00:24:58.095 and into the fire I plunged, 00:24:58.097 --> 00:25:02.733 or as my Somali translation book said, "Dabka." 00:25:10.575 --> 00:25:13.777 Holy fuck. 00:25:15.614 --> 00:25:17.715 - Mr. Bahadur? Mr. Bahadur. - Hi. 00:25:17.717 --> 00:25:19.783 - Hi, welcome to Galkayo. - Oh, thank you. 00:25:19.785 --> 00:25:22.853 - Yes. I am Abdirizak. You call me Abdi. 00:25:22.855 --> 00:25:24.255 I am your translator. 00:25:24.257 --> 00:25:25.623 - Cool. Good to meet you. 00:25:25.625 --> 00:25:27.024 - Good to meet you, yes. 00:25:27.026 --> 00:25:30.561 How was your flight? - It was good. 00:25:30.563 --> 00:25:34.164 - That's good. Oh, please don't do the... with your finger here. 00:25:34.166 --> 00:25:35.766 - This? - Yes. Oh, please... 00:25:35.768 --> 00:25:37.601 - Oh, no, I'm sorry. I didn't know. 00:25:37.603 --> 00:25:39.036 I'm... I'm so sorry. I... 00:25:39.038 --> 00:25:40.804 - It's offensive. 00:25:40.806 --> 00:25:41.972 - I'll keep the thumbs in check. Thank you. 00:25:41.974 --> 00:25:43.707 - Yes, yes. - Yeah. 00:25:43.709 --> 00:25:45.943 Your English is great. - It's not perfect. 00:25:45.945 --> 00:25:49.680 I try to learn from you during your stay, Mr. Bahadur. 00:25:49.682 --> 00:25:52.049 - Oh, please call me Jay. - Jay? 00:25:52.051 --> 00:25:53.617 - Yeah, Jay. 00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:55.920 - Jay, you have one bag? - Yeah, one bag. 00:25:55.922 --> 00:25:58.856 - Oh, you're like Obama, a man that knows what he wants. 00:25:58.858 --> 00:26:00.658 - You know Obama? 00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:02.293 - Of course. He will be great leader for your people. 00:26:02.295 --> 00:26:04.862 - Oh, I'm Canadian. He's... he's not my leader. 00:26:04.864 --> 00:26:06.297 - Of course he is. 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:09.033 Your people just don't know it. Come. 00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:31.855 So I hear you are an author and journalist. 00:26:31.857 --> 00:26:35.693 - Yes. - Good, good. 00:26:35.695 --> 00:26:38.696 There is so much to write about in this country. 00:26:38.698 --> 00:26:40.164 What is your subject? 00:26:40.166 --> 00:26:41.665 - In a perfect world I'd be writing 00:26:41.667 --> 00:26:43.601 about your newfound democracy, 00:26:43.603 --> 00:26:45.369 but, um, given the fact 00:26:45.371 --> 00:26:49.239 that the West has broken off all relations with you, um, 00:26:49.241 --> 00:26:51.308 I'm here to write about your pirates. 00:26:51.310 --> 00:26:55.646 - You mean badaadinta badah? - Bada-binda-bada? What is that? 00:26:55.648 --> 00:26:59.116 - It means saviors of the sea. They are like Coast Guard. 00:26:59.118 --> 00:27:01.318 You can never call them pirates. 00:27:01.320 --> 00:27:03.287 - Okay. That's good to know. 00:27:03.289 --> 00:27:08.092 - They have very strong opinion on this, never pirates. 00:27:08.094 --> 00:27:10.928 - Are they easy to find? - Yes, of course. 00:27:10.930 --> 00:27:14.098 They are people with crazy money. 00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:15.633 - So they walk freely? 00:27:15.635 --> 00:27:18.235 - Yes, but our new President Farole 00:27:18.237 --> 00:27:20.170 has promised to change this. 00:27:20.172 --> 00:27:23.207 He is a very tough man who will bring much change. 00:27:23.209 --> 00:27:26.844 Ah! 00:27:31.650 --> 00:27:33.817 - Is everything okay? - Yes, yes. 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:36.286 It's okay? 00:27:38.023 --> 00:27:39.823 - Yes, yes. 00:27:39.825 --> 00:27:42.426 Sometimes I feel like father with little children. 00:27:42.428 --> 00:27:44.228 They need khat. 00:27:44.230 --> 00:27:47.031 - Khat. - Yes. We must stop up here. 00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:57.074 - In Somalia one hour and already shooting 00:27:57.076 --> 00:27:59.309 my first drug deal, 00:27:59.311 --> 00:28:02.880 my kind of country. 00:28:02.882 --> 00:28:06.083 So khat is a drug? 00:28:06.085 --> 00:28:10.320 - Yes, it's... it's a stimulant leaf from Kenya and Ethiopia. 00:28:10.322 --> 00:28:15.693 It's very addictive, big problem here. 00:28:15.695 --> 00:28:20.397 What's he saying? 00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:23.233 - He wants to know if you want to buy some. 00:28:23.235 --> 00:28:26.070 - Oh, no, I... I... sorry, 00:28:26.072 --> 00:28:28.005 I'm on a very fixed budget. 00:28:28.007 --> 00:28:30.040 I didn't account for drug money. I don't have any... 00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:44.321 He wants you to try it. 00:28:44.323 --> 00:28:48.192 - It won't kill you. Yes, just bite down. 00:28:48.194 --> 00:28:50.294 - What's the effects? 00:28:50.296 --> 00:28:52.496 - Makes some people want to have sex, 00:28:52.498 --> 00:28:55.899 others very talkative. 00:28:59.170 --> 00:29:00.871 - Ugh! Tracy was a great girl, 00:29:00.873 --> 00:29:02.039 but, you know, she... what... what are you gonna do? 00:29:02.041 --> 00:29:03.440 She moves on. I move on. 00:29:03.442 --> 00:29:05.242 I really doubt we'll ever even talk again. 00:29:05.244 --> 00:29:06.977 I mean, why bother, right? Seems like a waste of time. 00:29:06.979 --> 00:29:08.345 I mean, it's just gonna confuse thing and make it 00:29:08.347 --> 00:29:09.780 more difficult. - Men and women 00:29:09.782 --> 00:29:11.515 can't be friends. - Exactly! 00:29:11.517 --> 00:29:13.016 Exactly, that's the same over here? 00:29:13.018 --> 00:29:15.452 - Yes, it's a universal thought. 00:29:15.454 --> 00:29:17.354 - See, where I come from, they debate it. 00:29:17.356 --> 00:29:19.523 They debate it like morons, like idiots. 00:29:19.525 --> 00:29:23.393 - It's not a debate. It's fact. We're reaching a checkpoint. 00:29:23.395 --> 00:29:25.362 Please stay calm. 00:29:51.856 --> 00:29:54.892 - Ah, Mr. Bahadur.. 00:29:54.894 --> 00:29:56.360 - Hi. - So we finally meet 00:29:56.362 --> 00:29:58.295 face to face, huh? - Yes, nice to meet you. 00:29:58.297 --> 00:30:01.932 - Nice to meet you, sir. Abdi. 00:30:01.934 --> 00:30:04.535 You are younger than I pictured, somewhat. 00:30:04.537 --> 00:30:06.537 - Ah. - Western reporters to me 00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:10.040 are always so fucking unhappy. 00:30:10.042 --> 00:30:14.077 - Well, I get even better once I shower. 00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:16.346 - Come on, come on. Has Abdi been good to you? 00:30:16.348 --> 00:30:18.248 - Yes, mad good, yeah. 00:30:18.250 --> 00:30:20.851 - He's the best translator in all of Puntland, you know? 00:30:20.853 --> 00:30:22.252 - Oh, no, really? - Yeah. 00:30:22.254 --> 00:30:23.921 We stole him from the pirates. 00:30:23.923 --> 00:30:27.090 - Oh, you mean, uh, badaadinta badah? 00:30:27.092 --> 00:30:28.392 - Abdi, did you teach him this? 00:30:28.394 --> 00:30:30.027 - Ah... - This is not 00:30:30.029 --> 00:30:32.062 our Coast Guard, Abdi, they are pirates! 00:30:32.064 --> 00:30:35.165 You must forget the old guard's thinking. 00:30:35.167 --> 00:30:36.867 They are pirates! 00:30:36.869 --> 00:30:41.038 - Pirates. 00:30:41.040 --> 00:30:42.606 - Mr. Jay. - Hi. 00:30:42.608 --> 00:30:45.275 - So what do you think of the Radio Garowe newsroom? 00:30:45.277 --> 00:30:46.977 - Nice. 00:30:46.979 --> 00:30:49.413 - Does it look like the ones in Canada? 00:30:49.415 --> 00:30:50.848 - Yes. 00:30:50.850 --> 00:30:52.249 Yes, it does, a bit, yeah. 00:30:52.251 --> 00:30:53.984 - It's amazing, huh? 00:30:53.986 --> 00:30:55.886 - Is it a local station or, um... - Oh, one minute. 00:30:55.888 --> 00:30:58.388 - Okay. Okay. - Yeah, mostly it's local, 00:30:58.390 --> 00:31:00.123 but, you know, the guy is very famous. 00:31:00.125 --> 00:31:02.159 He used to work for... - This guy, famous? 00:31:04.930 --> 00:31:07.464 That was my father's office. He wants to meet us now. 00:31:07.466 --> 00:31:09.233 - Your father? The... the president? 00:31:09.235 --> 00:31:12.469 - Yeah, we must go now. 00:31:12.471 --> 00:31:14.471 - Fuck. 00:31:14.473 --> 00:31:18.141 - Pirates are not the most cooperative group to deal with. 00:31:18.143 --> 00:31:22.079 - Mm-hmm. - Look here. 00:31:22.081 --> 00:31:25.549 The main pirates' clan are dotted around here. 00:31:25.551 --> 00:31:28.151 - Eyl. - You know Eyl? 00:31:28.153 --> 00:31:29.953 - Yeah, that's where they took the Farhina 00:31:29.955 --> 00:31:31.622 and held it for six months. 00:31:31.624 --> 00:31:34.992 - Precisely. Eyl is a fishing town where they started. 00:31:34.994 --> 00:31:38.428 I'm working on getting you a meeting with Boyah. 00:31:38.430 --> 00:31:41.331 - Boyah? - Yes, he's a man Somali 00:31:41.333 --> 00:31:43.333 calls Robin Hood. 00:31:43.335 --> 00:31:49.439 - Robin Hood of the pirates? - But it could take some time. 00:31:49.441 --> 00:31:55.245 - How much time? - Days, maybe weeks. 00:31:55.247 --> 00:31:57.481 Is that a problem? 00:31:57.483 --> 00:31:59.182 - No. No, no, that's fine. - No? 00:31:59.184 --> 00:32:00.584 - That's totally fine, yeah. - Yeah? 00:32:00.586 --> 00:32:02.286 - Yeah. - Okay. 00:32:02.288 --> 00:32:03.654 - Yeah, I'll just... I'll call my publisher 00:32:03.656 --> 00:32:07.224 and make sure it's all set, 00:32:07.226 --> 00:32:09.092 finances, extending it, and everything. 00:32:28.113 --> 00:32:31.515 - My father just got in here a couple weeks ago. 00:32:31.517 --> 00:32:35.719 The transition of government was entirely peaceful. 00:32:51.369 --> 00:32:53.570 This is the reporter, Jay Bahadur. 00:32:53.572 --> 00:32:55.639 - It's an honor to meet you, Your Excellency. 00:32:55.641 --> 00:32:57.474 - Welcome, Mr. Bahadur. 00:32:57.476 --> 00:33:01.011 So my son tells me you're the next Mr. Bob Woodward. 00:33:01.013 --> 00:33:03.747 - I'm not so sure about that. - Why aren't you sure? 00:33:03.749 --> 00:33:05.415 You have made it farther into Somalia 00:33:05.417 --> 00:33:07.484 than any of your Western counterparts. 00:33:07.486 --> 00:33:11.088 - With all due respect, uh, I've always considered myself 00:33:11.090 --> 00:33:13.390 more of a Bernstein than a Woodward. 00:33:13.392 --> 00:33:15.726 Bernstein was ugly as hell and never got through college. 00:33:15.728 --> 00:33:19.563 Overcame his shortcomings. Uh, I find that admirable. 00:33:19.565 --> 00:33:22.766 - He's a funny guy. - Very funny. 00:33:22.768 --> 00:33:24.768 - I would like to introduce you to Colonel Omar, 00:33:24.770 --> 00:33:30.574 who'll be the head of your security team during your stay. 00:33:30.576 --> 00:33:33.510 - Welcome. - Pleasure to meet you, Colonel. 00:33:33.512 --> 00:33:35.112 - I'll protect you well, Mr. Bahadur. 00:33:35.114 --> 00:33:39.282 You're welcome. 00:33:39.284 --> 00:33:44.721 - You have learned some Somali? - Enough to be a bad tourist. 00:33:44.723 --> 00:33:47.457 Um, is this okay? 00:33:47.459 --> 00:33:49.493 - Of course. That's why you're here. 00:33:49.495 --> 00:33:53.030 My family and I spent our last eight years in Australia... 00:33:53.032 --> 00:33:56.233 - Is there a reason the six pack paisley napk... are... 00:33:56.235 --> 00:33:58.135 - And we... - Not here? 00:33:58.137 --> 00:34:00.537 Sorry. I'm so sorry, Your Excellency. I'm just, uh... 00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:02.305 I think because it was just... 00:34:02.307 --> 00:34:03.740 Trying to get this dang thing working here. 00:34:03.742 --> 00:34:07.644 Festive... festive... 00:34:10.816 --> 00:34:13.383 Good to go. 00:34:13.385 --> 00:34:17.220 - The people of Somalia asked me to come back here 00:34:17.222 --> 00:34:20.357 and to run for this office. 00:34:20.359 --> 00:34:24.294 I never saw myself being the president. 00:34:24.296 --> 00:34:25.796 I am a businessman. 00:34:25.798 --> 00:34:28.298 I am not a warrior like my predecessors, 00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:30.834 but here I am, fighting to bring justice 00:34:30.836 --> 00:34:34.438 to those who destroy our country. 00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:38.341 Have you seen a school since you've come here, Mr. Bahadur? 00:34:38.343 --> 00:34:40.510 - Uh, no, I must admit I haven't. 00:34:40.512 --> 00:34:43.647 - We have the fewest schools in the African nations. 00:34:43.649 --> 00:34:49.352 Do you know how hard it is to rule here with a PhD 00:34:49.354 --> 00:34:54.658 knowing the children I lead have no chance for an education? 00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:58.695 Their role models of success are pirates. 00:34:58.697 --> 00:35:02.532 The Western world thinks we encourage this. 00:35:02.534 --> 00:35:07.204 This must change. 00:35:07.206 --> 00:35:09.873 Do you have a title yet? 00:35:09.875 --> 00:35:11.508 - A title? 00:35:11.510 --> 00:35:13.743 - For your future bestselling book. 00:35:13.745 --> 00:35:17.481 - Oh. Um, yes, of course. 00:35:17.483 --> 00:35:22.385 Um, "Pirates." 00:35:22.387 --> 00:35:24.321 - That's shit title. 00:35:24.323 --> 00:35:26.823 Just "Pirates?" 00:35:26.825 --> 00:35:32.529 - "Pirates of Somalia." - Be more creative. 00:35:32.531 --> 00:35:33.697 Be more creative. - Creative? 00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:35.398 - Yeah. - Creative. 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:41.338 - Creative - Yes, creative, you're right. 00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:44.141 - Jay, you know, my father likes you. 00:35:44.143 --> 00:35:46.743 - What, you think so? - Yes, yes. 00:35:46.745 --> 00:35:48.378 - All right. 00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:52.215 - He knows you will bring great things here. 00:35:52.217 --> 00:35:56.186 - What if I don't? 00:35:56.188 --> 00:35:59.456 - How can you not when people read your bestseller? 00:35:59.458 --> 00:36:01.358 - Ohh. 00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:04.194 - Abdi, have you found Boyah yet? 00:36:04.196 --> 00:36:06.930 - Mm. - Oh, you must be patient, man. 00:36:06.932 --> 00:36:08.932 - Yeah. - He will show up. 00:36:10.936 --> 00:36:13.436 They're gonna take you to your accommodations. 00:36:13.438 --> 00:36:16.706 - Wow. Thank you, uh, so much for everything. 00:36:16.708 --> 00:36:18.909 - That's the beginning of a better Somalia, Jay. 00:36:18.911 --> 00:36:21.545 - Yes, I certainly hope so. - Yes. 00:36:21.547 --> 00:36:23.246 - Yes. - Have a good night. 00:36:23.248 --> 00:36:25.315 - You too, good night. - Good night. 00:36:40.231 --> 00:36:42.566 - Welcome, welcome. 00:36:42.568 --> 00:36:44.234 - Yeah. 00:36:44.236 --> 00:36:48.638 - You will be here the next six months. 00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:51.308 - Great. - Yes. This is my cousin. 00:36:53.445 --> 00:36:56.680 Hi, Jay. 00:36:56.682 --> 00:36:58.582 - I'll work on that. - Mm-hmm. 00:36:58.584 --> 00:37:00.617 - Nice to meet you. - We call him the Yellow Chair. 00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:02.385 - Yellow Chair? 00:37:02.387 --> 00:37:04.221 Oh, 'cause there's a yellow chair, I get it. 00:37:04.223 --> 00:37:05.488 - He's a little crazy, yes. - I get it. That's good. 00:37:07.893 --> 00:37:10.927 - Hi. 00:37:10.929 --> 00:37:12.796 - I tell them you're a white ghost. 00:37:12.798 --> 00:37:15.632 - Why the fuck did you do that, man? 00:37:15.634 --> 00:37:18.001 - They've never seen a white man before. It's okay. 00:37:18.003 --> 00:37:21.838 They are my sister's kids. I live up there. 00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:23.306 - All right. - Mm. 00:37:23.308 --> 00:37:25.375 - Third floor? - It's... yes. 00:37:25.377 --> 00:37:27.544 It's... it's usually very quiet here. 00:37:27.546 --> 00:37:28.979 - Okay, that's great. 00:37:28.981 --> 00:37:32.415 - Although it's... it gets hot from the sun, 00:37:32.417 --> 00:37:35.885 and thanks to you we are the only people with Internet. 00:37:35.887 --> 00:37:37.454 - What? - Yes, that alone 00:37:37.456 --> 00:37:40.657 is worth you being my guest. 00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.992 Thank you. - Glad I could be 00:37:41.994 --> 00:37:44.661 of some service to you. - Yes. 00:37:44.663 --> 00:37:49.799 - Oh, wow, nice. - Nice hall. 00:37:49.801 --> 00:37:53.403 So yes, I need to advise you, keep that closed. 00:37:53.405 --> 00:37:54.838 - Really? - The whole time. 00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:56.740 There are orders from the colonel, Omar. 00:37:56.742 --> 00:37:59.909 - He's not into sunshine? - He's into keeping you alive. 00:37:59.911 --> 00:38:02.879 - Fair enough. 00:38:02.881 --> 00:38:04.914 Oh, cute. 00:38:04.916 --> 00:38:07.717 - And yes, uh, we are very sorry, uh, no hot water. 00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:09.919 Welcome to Somalia, yeah. 00:38:09.921 --> 00:38:11.821 No worries. I'll make do. 00:38:11.823 --> 00:38:13.590 Was thinking about growing it out. What do you think? 00:38:13.592 --> 00:38:15.458 - Oh, hair on the face is very popular here. 00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:16.860 - Yeah? - Yes. 00:38:16.862 --> 00:38:18.561 - Good. That's great. - Good idea. 00:38:18.563 --> 00:38:19.863 You have a mosquito net? 00:38:19.865 --> 00:38:21.665 - I do, definitely. - Good. 00:38:21.667 --> 00:38:24.968 Malaria is very rampant here, as well as rats, 00:38:24.970 --> 00:38:27.570 so any valuable, any food, 00:38:27.572 --> 00:38:29.773 you must keep it inside the box. 00:38:33.611 --> 00:38:36.579 - Cool, just like camp. 00:38:36.581 --> 00:38:38.381 Well, thanks for everything, Abdi. 00:38:38.383 --> 00:38:40.050 - Yes, uh, welcome. Good night. 00:38:40.052 --> 00:38:41.751 Anything you need, uh, let me know. 00:38:41.753 --> 00:38:42.952 - Okay, perfect, thank you. 00:38:42.954 --> 00:38:44.821 Oh, uh, one last thing. 00:38:44.823 --> 00:38:48.058 Um, I kind of like to work with things taped on the walls. 00:38:48.060 --> 00:38:49.659 Is that okay? - Oh, it's okay, 00:38:49.661 --> 00:38:52.595 as long as no pornography, eh? 00:38:52.597 --> 00:38:54.531 - Not a problem. - Because small, little kids 00:38:54.533 --> 00:38:55.865 come, walk in. - Yeah, no. 00:38:55.867 --> 00:38:57.434 - So... so no... - Please, yeah. 00:38:57.436 --> 00:38:58.735 - Okay. Bye. - All right. 00:38:58.737 --> 00:39:01.438 Good night. 00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:03.907 Bye-bye. - Thank you. Night. 00:39:08.979 --> 00:39:13.917 Can't open the fucking window. 00:39:54.558 --> 00:39:56.860 - Ahh! Oh, shit! - Oh, shit! 00:39:56.862 --> 00:39:59.462 Oh, shit. Oh, shit, oh, shit. 00:40:03.502 --> 00:40:05.935 Oh, shit. 00:40:09.407 --> 00:40:13.443 Ugh, rats. 00:40:58.756 --> 00:41:01.624 Ahh. 00:41:13.804 --> 00:41:20.577 Garowe, Somalia, December 10, 2008, a view from my room. 00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:23.079 I've broken security measures and opened my window. 00:41:25.783 --> 00:41:28.251 Holy shit. 00:41:35.726 --> 00:41:39.762 Opening the windows? 00:41:39.764 --> 00:41:42.065 You got a knack for living dangerously, bro. 00:41:42.067 --> 00:41:44.067 - Sorry, man. Totally worth it. 00:41:44.069 --> 00:41:47.537 That girl was mad hot. Wow. 00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:50.006 - She's... she's one of Garaad's wives. 00:41:50.008 --> 00:41:51.841 - Who's... who's Garaad? 00:41:51.843 --> 00:41:54.110 - Garaad, he's a pirate, and he's, uh, 00:41:54.112 --> 00:41:57.580 one of the most powerful men in all of Puntland. 00:41:57.582 --> 00:42:00.717 - Really? - Her name is Maryan. 00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:04.554 - Maryan. - She sells khat in the market. 00:42:04.556 --> 00:42:07.023 - Mm, whoa, khat dealer? 00:42:07.025 --> 00:42:09.158 - That's where all these pretty girls 00:42:09.160 --> 00:42:12.228 are going, to sell khat. 00:42:12.230 --> 00:42:15.131 - Is it possible to conduct an interview with her? 00:42:15.133 --> 00:42:19.969 - With her, it's not advisable. 00:42:19.971 --> 00:42:22.739 - Well, how do we meet Garaad? - Garaad? 00:42:22.741 --> 00:42:25.174 - Yeah. - No, no, no, no. 00:42:25.176 --> 00:42:26.876 We are avoiding this guy. 00:42:26.878 --> 00:42:28.778 - No. Dude, I didn't come... - This guy... 00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:30.947 - No, I didn't come here to avoid. 00:42:30.949 --> 00:42:32.181 - He's dangerous. 00:42:32.183 --> 00:42:34.551 He's a very dangerous man, so... 00:42:34.553 --> 00:42:36.553 - And Boyah isn't? I mean, come on. 00:42:36.555 --> 00:42:39.722 - Well, you'll find out Boyah. 00:42:39.724 --> 00:42:41.124 - What does that mean? 00:42:41.126 --> 00:42:43.092 - We're going now. Let's go. - Now? 00:42:43.094 --> 00:42:46.663 - I set up a meeting, yes, now. - Shit, let's go. 00:42:46.665 --> 00:42:48.831 - Let's go. Okay. 00:43:52.930 --> 00:43:57.634 - Where's he going? 00:43:57.636 --> 00:44:00.169 - Now me and you meet him under the tree. 00:44:00.171 --> 00:44:02.038 Come. 00:44:02.040 --> 00:44:05.375 - Okay. Okay. 00:44:05.377 --> 00:44:06.743 You know those out-of-body experiences 00:44:06.745 --> 00:44:08.144 where you look around and say, 00:44:08.146 --> 00:44:10.847 "This shit isn't happening to me?" 00:44:10.849 --> 00:44:12.649 My only one I could compare it to was when I got pulled over 00:44:12.651 --> 00:44:14.017 for speeding in Kitchener. 00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:15.318 Cop asked me to step out of the car 00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:17.854 'cause I had a blunt in the ashtray. 00:44:17.856 --> 00:44:21.958 - What is a blunt? - You know, grass, marijuana. 00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:24.293 - That isn't tolerated in America? 00:44:24.295 --> 00:44:26.129 - I'm Canadian. 00:44:26.131 --> 00:44:29.232 - Sorry, bro, I forget. 00:44:29.234 --> 00:44:30.833 - Well, please don't forget when I get shot here. 00:44:30.835 --> 00:44:33.269 I want my body sent to the right country. 00:44:33.271 --> 00:44:36.439 - No one will shoot you. - Maimed, whatever. 00:44:46.216 --> 00:44:49.118 - He wants to know what's your shirt. 00:44:49.120 --> 00:44:51.254 - My shirt? - Yes. 00:44:51.256 --> 00:44:53.923 - Uh, this is a Blue Jays shirt. 00:44:53.925 --> 00:44:59.429 It's the, uh, baseball team in Toronto. 00:45:06.170 --> 00:45:10.006 - He wants to know who wears the number 15. 00:45:10.008 --> 00:45:11.240 - 15? 00:45:11.242 --> 00:45:14.410 Uh, that's my man, Alex Rios. 00:45:14.412 --> 00:45:17.313 Uh, he's, uh, what you call a five-tool player. 00:45:17.315 --> 00:45:18.781 No one can touch him in my opinion. 00:45:28.425 --> 00:45:32.361 - He say as Somali people number five is very important. 00:45:38.368 --> 00:45:41.003 - As we pray five times a day, 00:45:41.005 --> 00:45:44.340 and they say the liar has five religions. 00:45:44.342 --> 00:45:47.443 - Maybe that five explains why Rios is such a monster. 00:45:51.782 --> 00:45:55.318 All right, uh... 00:45:55.320 --> 00:46:00.323 So Boyah, um, Westerners call you 00:46:00.325 --> 00:46:03.893 a, uh... a pirate. 00:46:17.941 --> 00:46:19.809 - He's saying he's not a pirate. 00:46:19.811 --> 00:46:23.446 He is someone defending his oceans. 00:46:23.448 --> 00:46:25.281 - Badaadinta badah? - Yes. 00:46:25.283 --> 00:46:30.419 Yeah. 00:46:30.421 --> 00:46:34.323 - He was a lobster diver from Eyl. 00:46:40.231 --> 00:46:43.099 - The Westerners come, Chinese, the Koreans, uh... 00:46:45.870 --> 00:46:47.503 - And they overfished the waters. 00:46:51.242 --> 00:46:54.443 - So they must pay for their illegal actions. 00:46:54.445 --> 00:46:56.179 - So you attack their fishing vessels. 00:47:01.586 --> 00:47:05.488 - He takes the taxes that the government's supposed to take. 00:47:05.490 --> 00:47:07.356 That's all he's doing. 00:47:07.358 --> 00:47:11.994 And they never kill anyone. 00:47:11.996 --> 00:47:13.930 Never? 00:47:13.932 --> 00:47:17.500 - Yes, he said never, not his men. 00:47:17.502 --> 00:47:20.303 - Who are your merry men? 00:47:20.305 --> 00:47:22.305 Or men... just say men. 00:47:28.279 --> 00:47:30.613 - It's 500 men based in Eyl. 00:47:38.455 --> 00:47:40.323 - He's the one that gathered them together, 00:47:40.325 --> 00:47:45.595 and he's also the one that pays them their wages. 00:47:45.597 --> 00:47:48.464 - Wow, impressive. 00:47:48.466 --> 00:47:53.436 So how do you pick someone worthy of your confederation? 00:48:03.146 --> 00:48:05.982 - First, he must own his own gun. 00:48:05.984 --> 00:48:08.484 That's why he show you the gun. 00:48:08.486 --> 00:48:13.222 - Right. - And they must be ready to die. 00:48:14.926 --> 00:48:18.060 - He wants to know if you have khat for him. 00:48:18.062 --> 00:48:19.462 - Khat? 00:48:19.464 --> 00:48:22.431 No, uh, sorry, I... no, I... wha... 00:48:27.170 --> 00:48:29.538 What the fuck? What just happened? 00:48:29.540 --> 00:48:31.274 - You were supposed to bring the khat to him! 00:48:31.276 --> 00:48:33.075 - I'm supposed to bring drugs to this interview? 00:48:33.077 --> 00:48:34.644 - Yeah, you should know. - You didn't tell me that! 00:48:34.646 --> 00:48:35.978 How am I supposed to know that? 00:48:35.980 --> 00:48:37.346 - You didn't research it? 00:48:37.348 --> 00:48:39.015 - It's not on fucking Google, man. 00:48:39.017 --> 00:48:41.017 I don't know what to tell you. 00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:42.618 - Yeah, you don't come to with no khat. 00:48:42.620 --> 00:48:45.288 - Great. - Jay Bahadur, now you know. 00:48:45.290 --> 00:48:47.990 Mm. 00:48:59.537 --> 00:49:02.705 - CBC, Avril Benoit's office. - Hi, this is Jay Bahadur. 00:49:02.707 --> 00:49:04.173 I'm calling for Ms. Benoit. 00:49:04.175 --> 00:49:06.008 I believe she's expecting my call. 00:49:06.010 --> 00:49:08.244 - One moment, please. 00:49:08.246 --> 00:49:10.413 Avril, I have a Jay Bahadur on the line. 00:49:10.415 --> 00:49:12.648 He says you're expecting his call. 00:49:12.650 --> 00:49:16.953 - I don't know a Jay Bahadur. - Okay. 00:49:16.955 --> 00:49:19.055 I'm sorry, she can't be reached at the moment. 00:49:19.057 --> 00:49:21.223 Uh, can she return, Mr. Bahadur? 00:49:21.225 --> 00:49:24.427 - No, it'd be impossible to return. I need to talk now. 00:49:24.429 --> 00:49:26.262 It's critical. 00:49:26.264 --> 00:49:29.031 - Well, unfortunately, she's unavailable. 00:49:29.033 --> 00:49:31.100 - No! Please, uh... 00:49:31.102 --> 00:49:33.436 What's your name? - Beth. 00:49:33.438 --> 00:49:36.372 - Beth, hey, Beth. 00:49:36.374 --> 00:49:39.375 Um, there's gonna be a moment 00:49:39.377 --> 00:49:42.678 when you're not on that desk screening calls, 00:49:42.680 --> 00:49:45.181 and you're gonna need a break, a single tiny break 00:49:45.183 --> 00:49:47.616 from the assistant on the other end, 00:49:47.618 --> 00:49:50.152 and that karma is gonna be paid off 00:49:50.154 --> 00:49:54.590 by giving me a break in this very moment. 00:49:54.592 --> 00:49:57.560 - You think it gets me a raise? - Definitely. 00:49:57.562 --> 00:50:02.365 Just tell her that I'm in Somalia. 00:50:02.367 --> 00:50:06.369 - Okay, fine. You win. 00:50:06.371 --> 00:50:09.205 Jay Bahadur says he's calling from Somalia. 00:50:09.207 --> 00:50:12.108 - Oh, shit. Jesus, yeah, I'll take it. 00:50:12.110 --> 00:50:13.509 Hello, this is Avril Benoit. 00:50:13.511 --> 00:50:16.178 - Hi, Ms. Benoit. This is Jay Bahadur. 00:50:16.180 --> 00:50:18.147 I believe Seymour told you about me. 00:50:18.149 --> 00:50:20.616 - Yes, yes. Are you really calling from Somalia? 00:50:20.618 --> 00:50:23.252 - Yes, I'm in Garowe, all limbs intact. 00:50:23.254 --> 00:50:24.553 - Jesus. - Look, I sent you 00:50:24.555 --> 00:50:26.522 a proposal, uh, regarding a book 00:50:26.524 --> 00:50:28.324 I'm writing on the pirates. 00:50:28.326 --> 00:50:30.292 I don't know if you had a chance to review it. 00:50:30.294 --> 00:50:33.162 - I'm gonna be honest with you, Jay, I haven't. 00:50:33.164 --> 00:50:34.663 Are you really there? 00:50:34.665 --> 00:50:37.066 - Yes, yes, I am. 00:50:37.068 --> 00:50:40.603 Um, I'm being hosted by President Farole's son. 00:50:40.605 --> 00:50:42.471 - Christ, this is unreal. 00:50:42.473 --> 00:50:45.574 No one's in there, CNN, BBC, no one. 00:50:45.576 --> 00:50:47.276 - Yeah, I know. 00:50:49.580 --> 00:50:50.646 - Oh, shit. 00:50:50.648 --> 00:50:52.381 - What the fuck was that? 00:50:52.383 --> 00:50:54.283 - Ten minutes, my... my phone card's out. 00:50:54.285 --> 00:50:57.219 I... I'm... I'm tagging along 00:50:57.221 --> 00:50:59.688 with a pirate the locals claim is like Robin Hood. 00:50:59.690 --> 00:51:01.557 He runs this huge operation out of Eyl. 00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:04.326 It is my hope that I can be a stringer with you, 00:51:04.328 --> 00:51:06.595 and if you really see something in the pages, 00:51:06.597 --> 00:51:08.631 you could help me get a book deal. 00:51:08.633 --> 00:51:10.833 Will... will you read my pages? 00:51:10.835 --> 00:51:12.768 - Yes. - Yes! 00:51:12.770 --> 00:51:14.603 Thank you. Thank you so much. 00:51:14.605 --> 00:51:16.439 Uh, I'm a huge fan, by... 00:51:16.441 --> 00:51:20.376 - He said he was a lobster diver from Eyl. 00:51:26.184 --> 00:51:29.418 - The Westerners come, Chinese, the Koreans. 00:51:31.822 --> 00:51:34.557 - Jay! Gabar! 00:51:38.595 --> 00:51:40.429 - You're a good wingman, Asad. 00:51:40.431 --> 00:51:45.134 Nice! Nice, buddy. Yes! 00:51:45.136 --> 00:51:48.237 What? 00:51:48.239 --> 00:51:50.506 What does that mean? 00:51:50.508 --> 00:51:55.411 Keep your eyes on her, man. 00:51:57.380 --> 00:52:00.282 Go, baby, go, baby, go. Go, baby, go. 00:52:06.389 --> 00:52:07.890 - You took the chair. 00:52:07.892 --> 00:52:10.493 You took the chair. You took the chair. 00:52:52.670 --> 00:52:56.639 For the record, I am a complete and utter disbeliever in destiny 00:52:56.641 --> 00:52:59.675 bringing two lovers together. 00:52:59.677 --> 00:53:02.311 It is a merely mathematical probability that you will meet 00:53:02.313 --> 00:53:06.815 the ultimate girl of your dreams in your lifetime. 00:53:06.817 --> 00:53:09.952 These odds are increased slightly by reckless behavior 00:53:09.954 --> 00:53:14.290 and naiveté. 00:53:14.292 --> 00:53:18.194 That is how I met Maryan. 00:53:32.709 --> 00:53:36.679 Assalamu alaikum Jay. 00:53:36.681 --> 00:53:39.882 - Assalamu alaikum, Maryan. 00:53:41.852 --> 00:53:46.555 - Yes, I see you in the window. - You speak English. 00:53:46.557 --> 00:53:50.359 - A little. - Where did you learn? 00:53:50.361 --> 00:53:53.495 - I watch a lot of American movies. 00:53:53.497 --> 00:53:55.297 - Movies? 00:53:55.299 --> 00:53:59.702 - Yeah. I love. - That makes two of us. 00:53:59.704 --> 00:54:01.337 - Yes? - Yeah. 00:54:01.339 --> 00:54:03.505 Uh, got movie posters all over my room. 00:54:03.507 --> 00:54:04.807 What's your favorite movie? 00:54:04.809 --> 00:54:07.910 - I like "G.I. Jane." - Really? 00:54:07.912 --> 00:54:13.282 - Yeah. I like Demi Moore. She's a very tough woman. 00:54:13.284 --> 00:54:15.451 - Yeah, especially with that buzz cut. 00:54:15.453 --> 00:54:17.353 It's super butch. 00:54:17.355 --> 00:54:19.488 I'm sure Demi Moore would be honored, though, 00:54:19.490 --> 00:54:22.391 to have a Somali fan club. 00:54:22.393 --> 00:54:27.429 - The movie I think is very wrong is "Black Hawk Down." 00:54:27.431 --> 00:54:30.532 - Because, uh, it's about what went down in Mogadishu? 00:54:30.534 --> 00:54:34.703 - No, because it's about our people, 00:54:34.705 --> 00:54:39.842 and they do not use a single person from Somalia in it. 00:54:39.844 --> 00:54:42.578 It is wrong. 00:54:42.580 --> 00:54:46.749 - I didn't know that. - Yes. 00:54:46.751 --> 00:54:49.818 "Derka derka Mohammed jihad," 00:54:49.820 --> 00:54:54.323 That's what they were doing the whole pathetic film. 00:54:54.325 --> 00:54:57.559 - You just did "Team America." That's crazy. Wow. 00:54:57.561 --> 00:55:01.497 - Yes, "Team America" said many smart things. 00:55:01.499 --> 00:55:04.600 - This conversation is getting surreal. 00:55:04.602 --> 00:55:07.536 - You know this city talks about you? 00:55:07.538 --> 00:55:09.872 - Oh, yeah? - Yeah. 00:55:09.874 --> 00:55:11.907 - What are they saying? 00:55:11.909 --> 00:55:15.577 - They're saying you're here to expose the truth 00:55:15.579 --> 00:55:18.981 about the badaadinta badah. 00:55:18.983 --> 00:55:20.382 - Yeah? - Yeah. 00:55:20.384 --> 00:55:23.552 - Well, I mean, I am trying, 00:55:23.554 --> 00:55:28.524 but, uh, what do you think about them? 00:55:28.526 --> 00:55:31.093 - I'm not the person to ask. 00:55:31.095 --> 00:55:33.595 I'm married to one. 00:55:33.597 --> 00:55:36.432 - Garaad. - So you know? 00:55:36.434 --> 00:55:39.034 - I know, yeah. He's a very powerful man. 00:55:39.036 --> 00:55:40.736 I'm trying to meet him. 00:55:40.738 --> 00:55:44.907 - Yeah, you and I both want that meeting. 00:55:44.909 --> 00:55:47.676 - You don't see him much? 00:55:47.678 --> 00:55:50.979 - Not since I married him, no. 00:55:50.981 --> 00:55:52.781 - Well, you'd be a better treasure 00:55:52.783 --> 00:55:55.384 than anything he'd find on one of those ships. 00:55:55.386 --> 00:55:58.354 - That's an American movie line. 00:55:58.356 --> 00:55:59.355 - Yes. 00:55:59.357 --> 00:56:01.523 Maybe. I don't know. 00:56:01.525 --> 00:56:03.459 But it's good though, right? 00:56:03.461 --> 00:56:07.529 And true. 00:56:07.531 --> 00:56:11.066 - You here for khat, yes? - Yeah. 00:56:11.068 --> 00:56:15.404 - So how much do you want? - Uh, I don't know. 00:56:15.406 --> 00:56:17.973 You... you take foreign money, right? 00:56:17.975 --> 00:56:19.608 - Yeah. Yeah. - Yeah? 00:56:19.610 --> 00:56:21.877 Okay. Uh, how much will this get me? 00:56:24.914 --> 00:56:28.050 - Wow, enough to make you crazy. 00:56:28.052 --> 00:56:30.819 - Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. 00:56:33.758 --> 00:56:35.457 - Jay. 00:56:35.459 --> 00:56:37.493 - I think it's time to see Boyah again. 00:56:37.495 --> 00:56:39.461 - Is that khat? - No, it's spinach. 00:56:39.463 --> 00:56:40.963 Yes, it's khat. 00:57:00.850 --> 00:57:06.789 - So tell me, Boyah, how do you attack? 00:57:10.861 --> 00:57:12.194 - We attack in small groups. 00:57:14.832 --> 00:57:17.499 - And we circle them like wolves. 00:58:12.188 --> 00:58:14.256 Yeah, bro! 00:58:46.557 --> 00:58:48.857 Jay! Jay. 00:58:50.528 --> 00:58:53.629 - Ah, 00:58:53.631 --> 00:58:56.164 That's... Whoa! 00:59:08.278 --> 00:59:10.279 Hello? Hello? 00:59:10.281 --> 00:59:12.848 - Hello, Jay? Can you see me okay? 00:59:12.850 --> 00:59:14.816 - Yeah, it's... I can. 00:59:14.818 --> 00:59:16.218 It's kind of a bad connection. 00:59:16.220 --> 00:59:18.921 - Oh, yeah, damn technology. 00:59:18.923 --> 00:59:21.323 - Yeah, do you want to call me back maybe? 00:59:21.325 --> 00:59:23.158 - Uh, no, no, I can't. 00:59:23.160 --> 00:59:24.993 I'm kind of pressed for time right now. 00:59:24.995 --> 00:59:28.630 - Okay, um, did you get a response on my pages? 00:59:28.632 --> 00:59:32.334 - Yeah, uh, unfortunately not everyone here 00:59:32.336 --> 00:59:36.939 is sharing the enthusiasm I've got for them. 00:59:36.941 --> 00:59:42.945 - Did you say "unfortunately?" - Yes. 00:59:42.947 --> 00:59:45.047 - Shit. 00:59:45.049 --> 00:59:49.751 - My colleagues feel that as a book it's missing a hook. 00:59:49.753 --> 00:59:51.587 - A hook? 00:59:51.589 --> 00:59:53.822 Boyah's Captain fucking Hook minus the eye patch. 00:59:53.824 --> 00:59:55.958 - I know. I'm... I'm as shocked as you are. 00:59:55.960 --> 00:59:58.860 The material you're getting is incredible. 00:59:58.862 --> 01:00:00.896 I... I didn't see this coming. 01:00:00.898 --> 01:00:04.232 Look, the three top-selling books this year are "Twilight," 01:00:04.234 --> 01:00:08.904 "New Moon," and "Breaking Dawn," so don't take it personal. 01:00:08.906 --> 01:00:10.706 We're all up against vampires, okay? 01:00:10.708 --> 01:00:13.008 - Personal? Avril, these people are desperate! 01:00:13.010 --> 01:00:15.177 No one is willing to listen to what they have to say! 01:00:15.179 --> 01:00:17.913 - I'm sorry, Jay. I really am. 01:00:17.915 --> 01:00:20.983 Just know that I'm on your side, okay? 01:00:20.985 --> 01:00:24.653 - Okay. - Are you okay? 01:00:24.655 --> 01:00:26.655 - Yeah. 01:00:26.657 --> 01:00:28.724 - Look, I don't... I don't know if you'd be interested, 01:00:28.726 --> 01:00:32.027 but I've heard that CBS is willing to pay $1,000 01:00:32.029 --> 01:00:34.730 for any video of hostages on the ships. 01:00:34.732 --> 01:00:36.098 - Is this your way of saying it's a dead end 01:00:36.100 --> 01:00:39.167 with your contacts? - No. 01:00:39.169 --> 01:00:43.972 I know it's crazy and borderline sensationalism, 01:00:43.974 --> 01:00:46.141 but it can really get you out there. 01:00:46.143 --> 01:00:48.310 It could help sell this book. 01:00:48.312 --> 01:00:50.812 Plus I know money must be tight for you right now. 01:00:50.814 --> 01:00:52.147 I've been there. 01:00:52.149 --> 01:00:56.952 - Right. - Just keep at it, Jay. 01:00:56.954 --> 01:00:59.688 I'm gonna continue to push for you on this end. 01:00:59.690 --> 01:01:01.890 There's a book here. 01:01:01.892 --> 01:01:04.960 - Okay. Okay, thanks, Avril. 01:01:04.962 --> 01:01:07.663 - One more little piece of advice, 01:01:07.665 --> 01:01:10.766 you might want to organize your cards a little better. 01:01:10.768 --> 01:01:12.901 It's a pet peeve of mine. 01:01:12.903 --> 01:01:18.040 I just... I find it makes your flow of thoughts more concise. 01:01:26.916 --> 01:01:31.353 - Fuck! Fuck! 01:01:31.355 --> 01:01:34.956 Fucking fuck! 01:01:37.460 --> 01:01:38.960 Hey, bro, uh... 01:01:38.962 --> 01:01:40.762 - Jay. - Can we talk? 01:01:40.764 --> 01:01:42.097 - Now? - Yeah. 01:01:42.099 --> 01:01:44.332 - Come. - Thanks. 01:01:44.334 --> 01:01:46.201 Thanks, man. How you doing? Sorry to wake you up, man. 01:01:46.203 --> 01:01:50.906 I'm just having a hard time, man, you know? 01:01:50.908 --> 01:01:52.908 I trust you, man. 01:01:52.910 --> 01:01:54.810 - Thank you. - No, I mean that, you know? 01:01:54.812 --> 01:01:57.045 Like, I really... I really trust you because, you know, 01:01:57.047 --> 01:01:58.447 I don't really have many people that I trust, 01:01:58.449 --> 01:02:00.749 and you're, like, one of those people, so. 01:02:00.751 --> 01:02:02.417 - Is there something troubling you, bro? 01:02:02.419 --> 01:02:04.052 - Don't call me bro, please. 01:02:04.054 --> 01:02:05.921 Call me Jay. 01:02:05.923 --> 01:02:07.355 If you still want to call me bro after I finish telling you 01:02:07.357 --> 01:02:10.459 what I'm telling you, then that's fine. 01:02:10.461 --> 01:02:11.927 - Okay. - What I say has to stay 01:02:11.929 --> 01:02:13.462 between us, I mean it. 01:02:13.464 --> 01:02:16.398 - Okay. - Okay. 01:02:16.400 --> 01:02:19.468 Um, all right, 01:02:19.470 --> 01:02:26.241 Uh... 01:02:26.243 --> 01:02:28.777 I'm not a famous journalist, 01:02:28.779 --> 01:02:32.814 and I don't have a book deal. 01:02:32.816 --> 01:02:36.785 - Okay. - No, it's not okay. 01:02:36.787 --> 01:02:38.954 Everyone here thinks I'm a famous reporter. 01:02:38.956 --> 01:02:44.826 That's why I'm here, but I'm a fucking no one. 01:02:44.828 --> 01:02:47.796 - Jay... 01:02:47.798 --> 01:02:52.033 you are the only reporter 01:02:52.035 --> 01:02:54.202 willing to risk their life 01:02:54.204 --> 01:02:57.472 to show the struggle of Somali people. 01:02:57.474 --> 01:03:00.976 - Yes, yes, I know, but you're missing the point. 01:03:00.978 --> 01:03:04.479 I'm not a reporter, okay? 01:03:04.481 --> 01:03:06.081 I thought I could come here 01:03:06.083 --> 01:03:09.050 and get a book deal or publish some stuff 01:03:09.052 --> 01:03:11.987 once I sent some pages to editors, 01:03:11.989 --> 01:03:13.789 but they rejected me, man. 01:03:13.791 --> 01:03:15.056 They fucking rejected me like every other 01:03:15.058 --> 01:03:18.126 piece of shit I've written! Fuck! 01:03:18.128 --> 01:03:19.961 Sorry. Sorry. 01:03:19.963 --> 01:03:22.964 - They rejected your work? - Yeah. 01:03:22.966 --> 01:03:24.866 If Farole finds out, I'm fucking dead. 01:03:24.868 --> 01:03:26.535 I'm dead. He's gonna kill me. 01:03:26.537 --> 01:03:30.038 - Perhaps yes, perhaps no. He understands rejection. 01:03:30.040 --> 01:03:31.439 It's a human trait. 01:03:31.441 --> 01:03:34.242 - I shouldn't have come here, man. 01:03:34.244 --> 01:03:36.344 I'm a fucking idiot. 01:03:36.346 --> 01:03:38.847 - Don't say that, Jay. Don't say that. 01:03:38.849 --> 01:03:41.049 You had no choice. - Yeah. 01:03:41.051 --> 01:03:42.551 I came here with the noble idea 01:03:42.553 --> 01:03:44.186 of exposing the truth, 01:03:44.188 --> 01:03:49.291 and I lied to everyone around me. 01:03:49.293 --> 01:03:51.393 - You wake me in the middle of the night to tell me this? 01:03:55.331 --> 01:03:59.234 - I came here to ask you a favor. 01:03:59.236 --> 01:04:02.437 - Ask me. - Yeah, okay. 01:04:02.439 --> 01:04:09.010 I need you to help me get on a ship and film some hostages. 01:04:09.012 --> 01:04:11.479 - Jay, that is not wise. - I know it's not wise. 01:04:11.481 --> 01:04:15.517 I know that, but, you know, this is the only way that people out 01:04:15.519 --> 01:04:20.021 there are gonna give a fuck about what is going on here. 01:04:20.023 --> 01:04:21.256 It's the only way. 01:04:21.258 --> 01:04:22.991 - I don't believe that. 01:04:22.993 --> 01:04:24.860 - Dude, CBS is willing to pay $1,000, okay? 01:04:24.862 --> 01:04:26.595 I'll split it with you if you can get me on a ship. 01:04:26.597 --> 01:04:29.531 I'll split it with you. That's $500, American dollars. 01:04:29.533 --> 01:04:31.600 That's fucking great money, man. 01:04:31.602 --> 01:04:35.170 - Jay, it's not about money. 01:04:35.172 --> 01:04:38.106 Once you're on the ship, we cannot protect you. 01:04:38.108 --> 01:04:40.141 The president won't even allow this. 01:04:40.143 --> 01:04:42.577 - It's CBS. It's the biggest network. 01:04:42.579 --> 01:04:44.179 - Yes, and your being 01:04:44.181 --> 01:04:46.448 a famous reporter getting killed, 01:04:46.450 --> 01:04:49.317 that would seal the fate for Somali people as terrorists. 01:04:49.319 --> 01:04:51.887 - And I'm not famous. - Jay, you will be. 01:04:51.889 --> 01:04:54.189 - Abdi, they're not publishing my words, 01:04:54.191 --> 01:04:56.124 not a single fucking one! 01:04:56.126 --> 01:04:58.393 Nobody gives a flying fuck about Boyah, 01:04:58.395 --> 01:05:00.996 the struggling fisherman turned Robin Hood pirate! 01:05:00.998 --> 01:05:02.664 They don't fucking care, man! 01:05:02.666 --> 01:05:05.667 - Do you know Somali clans used to fight with words 01:05:05.669 --> 01:05:07.402 rather than weapons? 01:05:07.404 --> 01:05:09.037 - I knew that, yes. I did a paper on that. 01:05:09.039 --> 01:05:12.440 - So you know our great freedom fighter, 01:05:12.442 --> 01:05:15.143 the poet warrior Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Sayyidka? 01:05:15.145 --> 01:05:16.645 - The English called him Mad Mullah. 01:05:16.647 --> 01:05:18.680 - Ah, you know of him. 01:05:18.682 --> 01:05:21.583 - Yes, I do, and I also know that iambic pentameter 01:05:21.585 --> 01:05:24.152 is not gonna solve this problem, man. 01:05:24.154 --> 01:05:26.454 I got to get on a fucking ship. 01:05:26.456 --> 01:05:28.223 - I will do something better. - Better? 01:05:28.225 --> 01:05:30.191 What the fuck... what's better than that? 01:05:30.193 --> 01:05:35.196 - I was working to get you in a meeting with the Garaad. 01:05:35.198 --> 01:05:36.531 - The Garaad? - Yes. 01:05:36.533 --> 01:05:38.500 - The godfather of pirates? 01:05:38.502 --> 01:05:42.270 - The man you want to have crazy sex with his wife. 01:05:42.272 --> 01:05:44.139 - What makes you say that? 01:05:44.141 --> 01:05:47.208 - You don't think all of Garowe know this? 01:05:47.210 --> 01:05:48.643 - Does Garaad? 01:05:48.645 --> 01:05:51.313 - If he know, you wouldn't be here. 01:05:51.315 --> 01:05:52.514 - That's comforting. 01:05:52.516 --> 01:05:54.683 - He wants me as a translator, 01:05:54.685 --> 01:05:58.019 so perhaps I trade for the possibility of him 01:05:58.021 --> 01:05:59.454 and you in a room. 01:05:59.456 --> 01:06:00.689 - Then you're putting yourself in danger. 01:06:00.691 --> 01:06:02.090 That's... I don't like that. 01:06:02.092 --> 01:06:05.093 - No, no, no, no, mm-mm. 01:06:05.095 --> 01:06:08.263 That's nonsense, Jay. 01:06:08.265 --> 01:06:09.497 - Why you helping me like this? 01:06:09.499 --> 01:06:11.166 Why you doing that? 01:06:11.168 --> 01:06:13.969 - You are my bro. 01:06:13.971 --> 01:06:16.004 I have to help you. 01:06:16.006 --> 01:06:17.105 - Thanks, man. - Okay? 01:06:17.107 --> 01:06:18.740 - Thank you. 01:06:18.742 --> 01:06:21.543 - You're my bro, Jay. - Whew, yeah. 01:06:21.545 --> 01:06:24.612 - Don't worry, okay? - Okay. We're good. 01:06:24.614 --> 01:06:28.249 - Okay. Mm-hmm. Have a good night. 01:06:28.251 --> 01:06:32.420 - Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, Herman Melville, H.P. Lovecraft 01:06:32.422 --> 01:06:34.990 all had one thing in common. 01:06:34.992 --> 01:06:39.060 They died broke, completely penniless, 01:06:39.062 --> 01:06:41.162 so I got to blame President Farole 01:06:41.164 --> 01:06:43.665 a little bit for not asking for all his money up front. 01:06:43.667 --> 01:06:46.034 After all, I am a writer, not an accountant, right? 01:06:46.036 --> 01:06:47.435 Rule number one in life, Asad, 01:06:47.437 --> 01:06:50.238 don't blow all your money on drugs, 01:06:50.240 --> 01:06:53.508 unless it's definitely gonna lead to some serious ass 01:06:53.510 --> 01:06:56.344 or a Pulitzer Prize. 01:06:56.346 --> 01:06:59.714 This might not lead to either, but I'd rather die trying. 01:07:03.786 --> 01:07:07.389 What are you working on? That me? 01:07:07.391 --> 01:07:09.657 - Yes. 01:07:12.295 --> 01:07:16.765 - That's going up on the board, buddy. 01:07:16.767 --> 01:07:20.268 Nice. Wish me luck. 01:07:34.483 --> 01:07:36.518 - Good morning, Maryan. 01:07:36.520 --> 01:07:38.219 - Morning, Jay. 01:07:38.221 --> 01:07:43.058 - Could I have 1 kilo of your best khat? 01:07:43.060 --> 01:07:47.228 - Best? - Yes. 01:07:47.230 --> 01:07:50.565 - So what is the special occasion? 01:07:50.567 --> 01:07:55.703 - Um, I'm going to meet your husband in Bosaso. 01:07:55.705 --> 01:07:59.841 - So this khat is intended for my husband? 01:07:59.843 --> 01:08:03.478 - Yes. 01:08:03.480 --> 01:08:07.749 - Okay. - Is that a problem? 01:08:07.751 --> 01:08:09.717 - No. - No? 01:08:09.719 --> 01:08:11.853 - No. - Good. 01:08:11.855 --> 01:08:13.855 Great. 01:08:13.857 --> 01:08:19.527 So, uh, any advice on, um, how I can get on his good side? 01:08:19.529 --> 01:08:22.464 - You're asking me? - Yeah. 01:08:22.466 --> 01:08:25.700 - Well, I haven't seen him in months. 01:08:25.702 --> 01:08:28.636 - Oh. Nothing? 01:08:28.638 --> 01:08:31.306 Even a little tidbit, anything? Like... 01:08:31.308 --> 01:08:34.809 - Compliment his clothes. - His clothes? 01:08:34.811 --> 01:08:36.444 - Yeah. 01:08:36.446 --> 01:08:40.415 He's proud of how he dresses. - Oh. 01:08:40.417 --> 01:08:46.855 Yes, okay, I'll do that. 01:08:46.857 --> 01:08:51.726 Um, what do you think of my clothes? 01:08:51.728 --> 01:08:56.231 - They are terribly bland. - Oh, yeah? 01:08:56.233 --> 01:08:58.199 - Yeah. 01:08:58.201 --> 01:09:00.335 - Maybe you could take me shopping later. 01:09:00.337 --> 01:09:03.438 - Not happening. - Okay, I got to go. 01:09:03.440 --> 01:09:04.839 Bye. 01:09:14.618 --> 01:09:18.286 - What time you got, bro? - He is one hour late. 01:09:18.288 --> 01:09:21.322 - Mm. Is there any chance he won't show up? 01:09:21.324 --> 01:09:25.793 - Maybe, but then we have tomorrow. 01:09:25.795 --> 01:09:27.328 - What if I told you I spent 01:09:27.330 --> 01:09:28.830 the last of my money on this khat? 01:09:28.832 --> 01:09:30.798 - I'd tell you Garaad won't eat it. 01:09:30.800 --> 01:09:34.836 Khat, it dies after one day, useless. 01:09:34.838 --> 01:09:39.707 - Convenient. 01:09:39.709 --> 01:09:45.580 - That's Garaad. 01:09:59.528 --> 01:10:02.597 - Please tell Garaad that I like his tie. 01:10:02.599 --> 01:10:04.899 - Now, what? - Yeah. 01:10:04.901 --> 01:10:06.668 Tell him. 01:10:06.670 --> 01:10:10.371 Where did he get it? 01:10:10.373 --> 01:10:12.640 Where... where from? 01:10:12.642 --> 01:10:15.443 Dolce Gabbana. 01:10:15.445 --> 01:10:18.413 - Dolce Gabbana? - Dolce... you heard that one. 01:10:18.415 --> 01:10:20.215 - Yeah, I heard that. 01:10:20.217 --> 01:10:23.484 Um, what about the suit? 01:10:23.486 --> 01:10:24.886 Dolce Gabbana. 01:10:24.888 --> 01:10:26.688 Knew it! 01:10:26.690 --> 01:10:28.356 - I knew it was Dolce Gabbana. - He said... no, 01:10:28.358 --> 01:10:29.924 he say... - It looks awesome, man. 01:10:29.926 --> 01:10:31.526 - It's not... - It looks really, 01:10:31.528 --> 01:10:33.294 really good. - It's not Dolce Gabbana. 01:10:33.296 --> 01:10:34.529 - It's not Dolce Gabbana? - No, it's a knockoff. 01:10:34.531 --> 01:10:36.264 - It's a knockoff? - Mm. 01:10:36.266 --> 01:10:37.398 - Well, that's... I mean, it looks amazing. 01:10:37.400 --> 01:10:41.636 You would never even know. 01:10:41.638 --> 01:10:43.805 I have a gift for you. 01:10:47.576 --> 01:10:51.579 The best khat money can buy. 01:10:51.581 --> 01:10:55.416 - Wow. - Yeah, wow. 01:10:56.987 --> 01:11:01.990 - He wants to know where you buy this khat from. 01:11:01.992 --> 01:11:03.891 - Where? - Where. 01:11:03.893 --> 01:11:05.893 - In the market in Garowe. 01:11:14.970 --> 01:11:17.639 - He thought so. You got it from one of his close dealers, 01:11:17.641 --> 01:11:21.576 so now he doesn't want to waste a bullet in you. 01:11:21.578 --> 01:11:27.382 - Good. Thank you for not killing me. 01:11:27.384 --> 01:11:29.984 Uh, don't tell him that. 01:11:29.986 --> 01:11:33.588 So, uh, tell me about yourself, Garaad. Is this okay? 01:11:33.590 --> 01:11:37.458 Yes, yes. 01:11:45.068 --> 01:11:47.635 - He have more than 800 hijackers. 01:11:51.941 --> 01:11:55.076 - That is spread from Bosaso to Eyl. 01:11:55.078 --> 01:11:57.345 - That is a lot. Very impressive. 01:11:57.347 --> 01:11:58.780 Very impressive. 01:12:00.583 --> 01:12:03.551 - Now, um, I recently did an interview with Boyah, 01:12:03.553 --> 01:12:04.819 who's sort of a... 01:12:08.391 --> 01:12:10.792 - He doesn't want to hear anything about Boyah. 01:12:10.794 --> 01:12:13.628 He said he's a... he's no one, you know? 01:12:13.630 --> 01:12:15.496 - Say no more. Say no more. 01:12:15.498 --> 01:12:17.699 I understand you're a very different man from him, 01:12:17.701 --> 01:12:19.634 and I was just wondering if you 01:12:19.636 --> 01:12:21.402 could maybe elaborate on that. 01:12:32.748 --> 01:12:38.019 - With his group, it's a must to destroy anyone 01:12:38.021 --> 01:12:41.022 and everyone that's doing illegal fishing. 01:12:41.024 --> 01:12:44.792 - Is it fair to say that any ship 01:12:44.794 --> 01:12:46.594 that is traveling your waters, 01:12:46.596 --> 01:12:50.698 be it fishing, cargo, 01:12:50.700 --> 01:12:57.071 yacht, that ship is fair game for your organization to take? 01:13:09.052 --> 01:13:11.052 - It doesn't matter who they are. 01:13:13.123 --> 01:13:14.922 - They are doing something wrong. 01:13:14.924 --> 01:13:19.627 They should be punished. 01:13:19.629 --> 01:13:23.498 And we will keep going till our seas are cleansed 01:13:23.500 --> 01:13:25.600 of illegal fishing vessels. 01:13:25.602 --> 01:13:27.635 - I am jamming. Can you come back? 01:13:27.637 --> 01:13:29.404 - I don't know the names of any of the... 01:13:29.406 --> 01:13:32.140 Jay, Jay. 01:13:35.744 --> 01:13:38.780 - Yo, hey. How's it going? - Gather your things. 01:13:38.782 --> 01:13:39.881 We're going to Eyl. 01:13:39.883 --> 01:13:42.650 - Eyl? - Yes. 01:13:42.652 --> 01:13:45.086 - Um, I got to get this Garaad interview out, buddy. 01:13:45.088 --> 01:13:46.888 - The ship will not wait for you. 01:13:46.890 --> 01:13:48.523 - A ship? - Yes. 01:13:48.525 --> 01:13:49.857 There is a German freighter called Victoria 01:13:49.859 --> 01:13:51.559 being held in the harbor. 01:13:51.561 --> 01:13:53.494 The pirate in charge is a friend of Colonel Omar. 01:13:53.496 --> 01:13:54.495 - Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 01:13:54.497 --> 01:13:56.497 - Colonel Omar. 01:13:56.499 --> 01:13:58.833 - You can get me on a ship? - You want to be on the ship? 01:13:58.835 --> 01:14:00.535 - Yeah. - Because I had to fight 01:14:00.537 --> 01:14:01.869 both Farole and Colonel 01:14:01.871 --> 01:14:03.838 on this idea for you. 01:14:03.840 --> 01:14:05.606 - Dude, I thought you were against me getting on a ship. 01:14:05.608 --> 01:14:08.810 - I am. Farole tell me to collect $500 01:14:08.812 --> 01:14:10.645 from you for costs before you leave. 01:14:10.647 --> 01:14:12.046 Do you have it? - I don't have that, man. 01:14:12.048 --> 01:14:13.781 I'm broke. - Come on, Jay. 01:14:13.783 --> 01:14:15.183 - No, I'm... I'm broke, man. 01:14:15.185 --> 01:14:16.818 I told you that. I'm sorry, man. 01:14:16.820 --> 01:14:18.519 I didn't... I mean, I didn't know. 01:14:18.521 --> 01:14:21.856 I didn't want to put you in that spot, but... 01:14:21.858 --> 01:14:24.158 - Yeah, you spent it on pirate drugs. 01:14:24.160 --> 01:14:25.960 - Yeah, the pirates don't, 01:14:25.962 --> 01:14:28.095 you know, give an interview without the drug. 01:14:28.097 --> 01:14:30.598 I mean, I don't know what you want me to say. 01:14:30.600 --> 01:14:31.899 I'm sorry, man. I don't... 01:14:31.901 --> 01:14:33.234 - You cannot break Farole words, man. 01:14:33.236 --> 01:14:35.036 He's... he's a very exact man. 01:14:35.038 --> 01:14:37.171 - It'll be okay, man. It's not gonna... I'm... 01:14:37.173 --> 01:14:40.007 No one's gonna be in trouble. I'll figure it out, okay? 01:14:40.009 --> 01:14:42.743 I mean, thank God you can get me on this fucking ship. 01:14:42.745 --> 01:14:45.079 It's $1,000 right there. - It's gonna be hard, man. 01:14:45.081 --> 01:14:46.614 - I'll give you the... I'll give you the other 500, man. 01:14:46.616 --> 01:14:49.917 - Yeah, meet me downstairs. Let's go. 01:14:57.626 --> 01:15:00.995 - Garaad, meet Avril. 01:15:36.698 --> 01:15:40.535 - Jay Bahadur! 01:16:16.104 --> 01:16:18.839 This is where my clan, Reer Jarfale, 01:16:18.841 --> 01:16:25.046 died fighting for freedom against the English 01:16:25.048 --> 01:16:27.949 and their colonization. 01:16:27.951 --> 01:16:30.618 We have no monuments here. 01:16:30.620 --> 01:16:32.587 Those bones below those rocks 01:16:32.589 --> 01:16:35.756 will remain anonymous to outsiders, 01:16:35.758 --> 01:16:38.326 but never to us. 01:16:38.328 --> 01:16:42.029 They are why we are here today. 01:17:48.430 --> 01:17:50.364 - When we get into town, it's very important 01:17:50.366 --> 01:17:52.266 that you say that you are with the clan Reer Jarfale. 01:17:52.268 --> 01:17:55.670 - You want me to be a part of your clan? 01:17:55.672 --> 01:17:57.138 - Yes, you are a son of Levish. 01:17:57.140 --> 01:18:00.007 He's a light-skinned local man. 01:18:00.009 --> 01:18:03.778 - Okay. That makes sense. Uh, Reer Jarfale? 01:18:03.780 --> 01:18:05.780 Reer Jarfale. 01:18:05.782 --> 01:18:07.314 - Reer Jarfale. 01:18:07.316 --> 01:18:09.383 - Yes, it is very important you say this, 01:18:09.385 --> 01:18:13.821 or you're not gonna last long in this town even with us here. 01:18:13.823 --> 01:18:16.223 - Shit. Okay. 01:18:16.225 --> 01:18:18.259 - You have to say it right. - What is it again? 01:18:18.261 --> 01:18:22.163 - Reer Jarfale, son of Levish. - Reer Jarfale, son of Levish. 01:18:22.165 --> 01:18:24.999 - It's two different words. - Go slowly for me, okay? 01:18:25.001 --> 01:18:26.167 Reer? 01:18:26.169 --> 01:18:27.868 - Jarfale. - Jarfale. 01:18:27.870 --> 01:18:30.137 - Jarfale. - Jarfale. 01:18:30.139 --> 01:18:31.372 - No, you're not saying it right. 01:18:31.374 --> 01:18:34.108 - Reer Jarfale. 01:18:34.110 --> 01:18:35.843 Is that the Victoria? 01:18:35.845 --> 01:18:38.879 - It is. 01:19:04.272 --> 01:19:07.141 - He wants to know your clan. 01:19:07.143 --> 01:19:12.179 - Reer Jarfale. 01:19:12.181 --> 01:19:16.484 - Reer Jarfale? 01:19:16.486 --> 01:19:19.120 Son of Levish. 01:19:23.291 --> 01:19:26.427 - He thinks you're funny. - Was that the goal? 01:19:26.429 --> 01:19:28.496 - Humor opens doors in this town. 01:19:28.498 --> 01:19:30.164 - Yeah? 01:19:30.166 --> 01:19:32.466 You got whitey good, got him real good. 01:19:32.468 --> 01:19:35.469 - That was good? - Yeah. 01:19:40.909 --> 01:19:45.179 - Mr. Bahadur, Mr. Bahadur, we are not the criminals. 01:19:45.181 --> 01:19:46.781 - Mm-mm, no. 01:19:46.783 --> 01:19:48.115 - Right, no one here likes pirates. 01:19:48.117 --> 01:19:50.551 Correct. 01:19:54.991 --> 01:19:57.858 - That ship is the last one here. 01:19:57.860 --> 01:20:01.962 Everyone in Eyl will be happy to see them go. 01:20:01.964 --> 01:20:03.798 - Do you think they'll be leaving soon? 01:20:03.800 --> 01:20:06.834 - That's what we have heard, so they will leave soon. 01:20:06.836 --> 01:20:08.903 - Okay. - Mr. Bahadur's book 01:20:08.905 --> 01:20:11.105 is going to shed new lights on Somalia. 01:20:11.107 --> 01:20:13.440 - Hmm. - And so the president is very, 01:20:13.442 --> 01:20:15.442 very excited, real excited. 01:20:15.444 --> 01:20:17.011 - Oh? Oh. 01:20:17.013 --> 01:20:20.915 - Have you read any of it, Colonel Omar? 01:20:20.917 --> 01:20:25.152 - No, actually, but I trust it will be good, very good. 01:20:25.154 --> 01:20:27.922 Won't it, Mr. Bahadur? 01:20:27.924 --> 01:20:31.926 - Yes. It's exciting, a very exciting story 01:20:31.928 --> 01:20:35.062 and... and very informative, lot of different levels. 01:20:35.064 --> 01:20:37.331 It's... it's... very exciting. 01:20:37.333 --> 01:20:38.899 - Mr. Bahadur, 01:20:38.901 --> 01:20:42.570 I'm a spokesperson for the women of Eyl. 01:20:42.572 --> 01:20:44.438 Our children need education. 01:20:44.440 --> 01:20:47.341 Our schools have been lost, 01:20:47.343 --> 01:20:51.612 never rebuilded after the tsunami. 01:20:51.614 --> 01:20:55.549 Will your book talk of this? 01:20:55.551 --> 01:20:57.351 - Yes. - Good. 01:20:57.353 --> 01:21:00.287 Thank you. Good. 01:21:04.026 --> 01:21:08.195 - What is the name of your book? 01:21:08.197 --> 01:21:10.297 - I'm still working on it, 01:21:10.299 --> 01:21:12.266 still trying to figure that out. - Oh. 01:21:12.268 --> 01:21:16.503 - Jay is perfectionist with his words. 01:21:16.505 --> 01:21:18.405 - Oh. We will see. 01:21:18.407 --> 01:21:21.175 - I am Reer Jarfale, son of Levish. 01:21:21.177 --> 01:21:23.077 - Reer Jarfale! 01:21:23.079 --> 01:21:26.914 - Reer Jarfale! 01:21:32.554 --> 01:21:35.556 - You might want to save your battery. 01:21:35.558 --> 01:21:40.928 - Yeah, that's probably a good idea. 01:21:40.930 --> 01:21:42.529 You think I'll get on? 01:21:42.531 --> 01:21:47.601 - The man in charge of the operation is named Computer. 01:21:47.603 --> 01:21:50.204 They say he is psychic. 01:21:50.206 --> 01:21:55.109 - Psychic? Is that good or bad? 01:21:57.445 --> 01:22:04.351 - The colonel's contact on the ship thinks it will happen. 01:22:04.353 --> 01:22:07.988 - All right. 01:22:07.990 --> 01:22:11.558 I am scared, Abdi. 01:22:11.560 --> 01:22:15.663 Shit, man, I mean, there's no other way. 01:22:15.665 --> 01:22:18.265 I hope you understand that. 01:22:18.267 --> 01:22:22.169 - This is the path you choose as a man. 01:22:22.171 --> 01:22:28.042 It's not for me to understand. 01:22:28.044 --> 01:22:30.210 I am going to sleep now. 01:22:30.212 --> 01:22:33.013 - All right. Good night, buddy. 01:22:37.218 --> 01:22:39.687 Fucking A. 01:22:59.307 --> 01:23:01.241 - You stay here, man. I will do the talking. 01:23:01.243 --> 01:23:06.113 - Okay. - Don't worry, brother. 01:23:06.115 --> 01:23:07.982 - Okay. - We'll make this work. 01:23:07.984 --> 01:23:11.719 - Good. Good, thank you. 01:23:37.779 --> 01:23:40.347 - Okay. 01:23:48.256 --> 01:23:50.391 Is he saying no? 01:23:50.393 --> 01:23:53.027 Fuck! 01:23:55.797 --> 01:23:57.698 I'm a journalist, don't fucking shoot! 01:23:57.700 --> 01:24:00.100 I'm a journalist, it's okay! Don't fucking shoot me! 01:24:00.102 --> 01:24:01.635 Okay? 01:24:01.637 --> 01:24:03.337 The money is gonna come faster 01:24:03.339 --> 01:24:05.773 if you let me video the hostages, all right? 01:24:05.775 --> 01:24:07.708 Please don't shoot me. Please don't shoot. 01:24:07.710 --> 01:24:10.577 Please don't sh... 01:24:10.579 --> 01:24:12.179 If you let me video, 01:24:12.181 --> 01:24:13.447 the world will see you're serious. 01:24:13.449 --> 01:24:15.482 The world will see you are serious, 01:24:15.484 --> 01:24:17.751 and the shippers will settle. Okay? 01:24:19.288 --> 01:24:20.287 - Tell your leader Computer that. 01:24:20.289 --> 01:24:21.755 Tell him that! Please! 01:24:21.757 --> 01:24:23.457 Please, okay? It's true. It's true. 01:24:23.459 --> 01:24:24.792 The money's gonna come so much faster 01:24:24.794 --> 01:24:26.527 if you let me video, okay? 01:24:26.529 --> 01:24:30.097 All right? It's true, I promise. I promise, okay? 01:24:37.072 --> 01:24:39.339 - I will talk to Computer. What you say could make sense. 01:24:39.341 --> 01:24:40.774 - Good. - Come back tomorrow for answer. 01:24:40.776 --> 01:24:42.376 - Okay. Okay, great. - Go. Move. 01:24:42.378 --> 01:24:43.610 - Thank you. 01:24:50.586 --> 01:24:52.619 Abdi, did you see that shit? 01:24:52.621 --> 01:24:53.787 - Oh, that was dangerous, brother. 01:24:53.789 --> 01:24:57.324 You didn't have to come out. 01:24:57.326 --> 01:24:59.259 That was dangerous. 01:24:59.261 --> 01:25:03.097 - Fuck, dude. Oh, fuck. 01:25:03.099 --> 01:25:06.200 Whoo! That's what I'm talking about, Omar! 01:25:06.202 --> 01:25:07.434 - What was that? 01:25:07.436 --> 01:25:08.802 - What do you mean what was that? 01:25:08.804 --> 01:25:10.504 - I told you not to come down there! 01:25:10.506 --> 01:25:12.439 - What was that? You weren't gonna get me on. 01:25:12.441 --> 01:25:13.607 - Don't do this, man. - You weren't gonna get me on. 01:25:13.609 --> 01:25:15.175 You weren't gonna get shit. 01:25:15.177 --> 01:25:16.743 - When are you going to listen, man? 01:25:16.745 --> 01:25:18.812 - I just got out there, and I made it happen 01:25:18.814 --> 01:25:20.581 'cause that's what I'm doing these days, baby! 01:25:20.583 --> 01:25:21.849 I'm making shit happen! - You never listen, man! 01:25:21.851 --> 01:25:23.717 Hey, hey, wake up, Mr. Bahadur. 01:25:23.719 --> 01:25:24.785 Wake up, wake up, wake up. - What? 01:25:24.787 --> 01:25:26.220 - Wake up right now, man. 01:25:26.222 --> 01:25:27.488 - We're in? - Right now. 01:25:27.490 --> 01:25:30.290 - We're on. All right. 01:25:37.799 --> 01:25:39.733 It's gone. 01:25:39.735 --> 01:25:44.138 - Next time you follow my orders, man. 01:25:44.140 --> 01:25:47.441 They thought you were CIA. 01:25:47.443 --> 01:25:49.610 - You fucking serious? CIA? - Yeah. 01:25:49.612 --> 01:25:51.211 - Me? - Of course. 01:25:51.213 --> 01:25:54.481 - Fuck! Fuck. 01:26:15.371 --> 01:26:18.906 Abdi, not now! 01:26:18.908 --> 01:26:24.778 - He say he's your father. He call my phone. 01:26:24.780 --> 01:26:26.180 - My father? 01:26:26.182 --> 01:26:27.614 - Yes. - Really? 01:26:27.616 --> 01:26:29.816 He called my phone. 01:26:33.788 --> 01:26:35.956 - Hello? Dad? 01:26:35.958 --> 01:26:37.824 - Jesus, Jay, thank God you're okay. 01:26:37.826 --> 01:26:39.760 We've been watching this whole Captain Phillips 01:26:39.762 --> 01:26:41.728 hostage thing on CNN. 01:26:41.730 --> 01:26:43.497 You've got to get the hell out of there. 01:26:43.499 --> 01:26:45.465 - Dad, I'm fine. What are you talking about? 01:26:45.467 --> 01:26:47.267 - Those pirates are crazy. 01:26:47.269 --> 01:26:48.835 They're threatening to kill Americans. 01:26:48.837 --> 01:26:50.504 - Dad, I'm Canadian. 01:26:50.506 --> 01:26:51.772 I thought at least you would know that. 01:26:51.774 --> 01:26:53.507 - Not a time for joking, Jay. 01:26:53.509 --> 01:26:55.542 We want you on the next plane out. 01:26:55.544 --> 01:26:58.245 - Dad, I understand your concern, 01:26:58.247 --> 01:26:59.846 but it's gonna be okay. 01:26:59.848 --> 01:27:01.715 It's not a big deal. 01:27:01.717 --> 01:27:03.450 - Jay, sweetheart, you need to come home. 01:27:03.452 --> 01:27:04.751 - Hi, Mom. 01:27:04.753 --> 01:27:06.753 I was just telling Dad I'm fine. 01:27:06.755 --> 01:27:09.423 - But we're watching CNN right now, and it is not fine. 01:27:09.425 --> 01:27:13.594 - Mom, the media is probably spinning some bullshit tale. 01:27:13.596 --> 01:27:15.529 I've heard nothing about it here. 01:27:15.531 --> 01:27:17.531 - It must be the opium. 01:27:17.533 --> 01:27:19.399 He's probably become one of those child soldiers. 01:27:19.401 --> 01:27:21.235 - You're going to kill your mother, Jay, 01:27:21.237 --> 01:27:24.371 unless you say you're going to come home. 01:27:24.373 --> 01:27:27.975 - Okay, but I need money wired. 01:27:27.977 --> 01:27:29.409 - Money? - See? 01:27:29.411 --> 01:27:31.245 It's the opium, I told you. 01:27:31.247 --> 01:27:32.746 - Yeah, I didn't want to ask you guys, but, you know, 01:27:32.748 --> 01:27:38.418 I'm really... I don't really have a choice. 01:27:38.420 --> 01:27:40.687 Somalia's expensive. Who knew? 01:27:46.494 --> 01:27:48.629 - Reports are now three U.S. Navy ships 01:27:48.631 --> 01:27:51.531 are steaming toward the Maersk Alabama. 01:27:51.533 --> 01:27:54.868 Taken by pirates... 01:27:54.870 --> 01:27:57.537 - The destroyer, the USS Bainbridge, 01:27:57.539 --> 01:27:59.539 is on the scene. 01:27:59.541 --> 01:28:01.475 - Apparently Captain Phillips, the ship's captain, 01:28:01.477 --> 01:28:03.877 has been taken hostage by the fleeing pirates 01:28:03.879 --> 01:28:05.545 in a covered lifeboat. 01:28:05.547 --> 01:28:11.618 - The pirates have been... 01:28:11.620 --> 01:28:13.553 The hostage standoff 01:28:13.555 --> 01:28:15.922 ended today with the death of the three pirates 01:28:15.924 --> 01:28:18.392 and the eventual release of their hostage, 01:28:18.394 --> 01:28:19.860 Captain Richard Phillips. 01:28:19.862 --> 01:28:21.595 - Somali pirates... - Somali pirates 01:28:21.597 --> 01:28:23.630 throughout the country reacted angrily, 01:28:23.632 --> 01:28:25.866 saying they will capture and kill any foreigners 01:28:25.868 --> 01:28:29.736 they find to avenge their comrades' death. 01:28:29.738 --> 01:28:33.774 - At this time no one is taking credit for the operation. 01:28:33.776 --> 01:28:37.911 We will get answers soon because my father is demanding it. 01:28:37.913 --> 01:28:42.082 - Mr. Farole, three pirates have been killed by the Americans. 01:28:42.084 --> 01:28:43.750 There is going to be revenge, 01:28:43.752 --> 01:28:45.085 and it's too dangerous for Mr. Bahadur 01:28:45.087 --> 01:28:46.820 to remain here in Garowe. 01:28:46.822 --> 01:28:48.955 - No, it's not. I will keep a low profile. 01:28:48.957 --> 01:28:50.524 - Just like you did in Eyl? 01:28:50.526 --> 01:28:51.825 - Eyl was a mistake, okay? 01:28:51.827 --> 01:28:53.493 - You keep saying it was a mistake. 01:28:53.495 --> 01:28:55.362 - I messed up. I'm sorry about that. 01:28:55.364 --> 01:28:56.897 - It was a mistake. - I was a little high strung. 01:28:56.899 --> 01:28:58.865 - Don't be telling this. You're staying here... 01:28:58.867 --> 01:29:00.033 - Okay, I have learned from it, and I'm all good now. 01:29:00.035 --> 01:29:01.702 I'm not gonna do that again. 01:29:01.704 --> 01:29:03.070 - Mr. Bahadur, I agree with the Colonel, okay? 01:29:03.072 --> 01:29:05.639 I think we have to get you out of here. 01:29:05.641 --> 01:29:09.076 We do not need any harm coming to you. Do you understand that? 01:29:09.078 --> 01:29:10.777 - I get that. - Do you understand that? 01:29:10.779 --> 01:29:13.680 - Mr. Farole, I understand that, okay? 01:29:13.682 --> 01:29:15.482 I understand your concern for my safety. 01:29:15.484 --> 01:29:16.983 - It doesn't look like you understand. 01:29:16.985 --> 01:29:18.418 - I understand the concern for my safety, 01:29:18.420 --> 01:29:19.886 but you need somebody here. 01:29:19.888 --> 01:29:22.022 I need to find out who's behind this, okay? 01:29:22.024 --> 01:29:23.757 I need to interview them. 01:29:23.759 --> 01:29:25.425 - No, no, Mr... - So I can interview them. 01:29:25.427 --> 01:29:27.094 That's why you brought me here! - No, no. 01:29:27.096 --> 01:29:28.662 - That's why you've been protecting me the whole time! 01:29:28.664 --> 01:29:31.965 - People are dying, okay? - Madness. 01:29:31.967 --> 01:29:34.134 Khat's eating his brain. - Khat? 01:29:34.136 --> 01:29:35.969 - Khat is not eating my fucking brain. 01:29:35.971 --> 01:29:37.771 - It is. I can hear that. - There's no one else here 01:29:37.773 --> 01:29:39.740 from the Western media. - Mr. Bahadur, calm down! 01:29:39.742 --> 01:29:41.708 - Your father needs somebody on his side! 01:29:41.710 --> 01:29:43.610 - Mr. Bahadur, this... this... - He needs somebody on his side! 01:29:43.612 --> 01:29:44.945 All of fucking Somalia needs somebody on their side! 01:29:44.947 --> 01:29:47.147 - Mr. Bahadur, this is not negotiable. 01:29:47.149 --> 01:29:52.986 I cannot risk your blood on my hands, okay? 01:29:52.988 --> 01:29:58.725 - Okay. - Abdi, come in! 01:29:58.727 --> 01:30:00.060 Can you please make arrangements 01:30:00.062 --> 01:30:02.896 for Mr. Bahadur to fly home tomorrow? 01:30:02.898 --> 01:30:04.898 Yes, Mr. Farole. 01:30:04.900 --> 01:30:07.567 - And make sure his account are settled. 01:30:07.569 --> 01:30:10.404 Accounts settled, okay. 01:30:14.942 --> 01:30:17.677 - Please tell me my parents sent me that money. 01:30:17.679 --> 01:30:20.080 - Yes. It's already in the bank. 01:30:20.082 --> 01:30:21.882 - Really? - Yes. 01:30:21.884 --> 01:30:24.451 - That is the best news, the fucking best! 01:30:24.453 --> 01:30:26.853 Mm, Mom and Dad, I love you. 01:30:26.855 --> 01:30:28.755 You think we could set up a final meeting with Boyah? 01:30:28.757 --> 01:30:30.924 - I already have, bro. - You did? 01:30:30.926 --> 01:30:32.492 - Yes, we're actually running late. 01:30:32.494 --> 01:30:36.797 - Abdi! Abdi! 01:30:36.799 --> 01:30:38.165 Where's our rig? 01:30:38.167 --> 01:30:42.135 - For once, you're local. 01:30:42.137 --> 01:30:43.737 Here. 01:30:43.739 --> 01:30:46.139 - Is this... uh, is this... is this necessary? 01:30:46.141 --> 01:30:51.778 - Do you see me wearing my Obama hat? 01:31:14.135 --> 01:31:16.036 - What are they saying? - They think we're 01:31:16.038 --> 01:31:17.771 from the government. - We have a meeting with Boyah, 01:31:17.773 --> 01:31:19.573 a meeting, a meeting. 01:31:19.575 --> 01:31:21.842 - Tell them that... tell them that I have a gift 01:31:21.844 --> 01:31:23.477 in my bag for Boyah. 01:31:23.479 --> 01:31:25.145 If they let me open it, I can show them. 01:31:25.147 --> 01:31:26.546 - Jay, no joking right now. - I'm not fucking joking. 01:31:26.548 --> 01:31:27.981 It's a fucking gift for Boyah. 01:31:27.983 --> 01:31:32.085 Show them this. 01:31:32.087 --> 01:31:33.920 - It's all cool. It's all cool. 01:31:33.922 --> 01:31:36.189 It's all cool. 01:31:36.191 --> 01:31:39.493 Blue Jays. Blue Jays. 01:31:49.904 --> 01:31:52.105 Canned tuna- 01:31:53.976 --> 01:31:55.909 - Was the only export from the country. 01:31:55.911 --> 01:32:01.181 And today it's very sad. 01:32:01.183 --> 01:32:06.720 All it's good for is a target the size of a man's heart. 01:32:06.722 --> 01:32:12.559 - Is that what you aim for? 01:32:12.561 --> 01:32:17.831 - If necessary. - You're an amazing shot. 01:32:17.833 --> 01:32:23.203 No. No, no, no. No. 01:32:23.205 --> 01:32:26.773 Sorry, I... I will totally suck. I'm terrible. 01:32:26.775 --> 01:32:28.775 I'm not even... 01:32:28.777 --> 01:32:31.978 I'm shooting, okay. 01:32:31.980 --> 01:32:33.680 He say don't aim 01:32:33.682 --> 01:32:35.081 as your enemy. 01:32:35.083 --> 01:32:36.783 You shoot for your lover's heart. 01:32:36.785 --> 01:32:38.818 - That's super fucked up. 01:32:38.820 --> 01:32:41.221 I don't know what that means, but all right. 01:32:41.223 --> 01:32:43.223 All right. 01:32:56.804 --> 01:32:58.338 - Hey! 01:32:58.340 --> 01:33:04.110 - Yeah! 01:33:04.112 --> 01:33:05.912 - Hey! - Hey! 01:33:08.617 --> 01:33:10.784 - He wants to know who is the lucky girl. 01:33:10.786 --> 01:33:12.786 - That is an ex-girlfriend 01:33:12.788 --> 01:33:16.590 who's getting married to someone else. 01:33:22.697 --> 01:33:25.732 - He say it's a waste of bullets. 01:33:25.734 --> 01:33:29.169 - You think? I mean, I nailed that shit. Hit it. 01:33:37.979 --> 01:33:40.981 - There is no joy in your victory, 01:33:40.983 --> 01:33:46.186 only revenge. 01:33:51.259 --> 01:33:53.727 - He say he know why you come. 01:33:53.729 --> 01:33:56.296 You want to know about the American ship 01:33:56.298 --> 01:33:57.964 that have been attacked, 01:33:57.966 --> 01:34:00.233 but he want to tell you he didn't do it. 01:34:00.235 --> 01:34:02.135 - Does he know who did? 01:34:07.075 --> 01:34:10.176 No. 01:34:10.178 --> 01:34:12.178 - But the easiest way to find out... 01:34:14.683 --> 01:34:18.652 ...Is to follow the heart. Maryan will know. 01:34:50.251 --> 01:34:52.919 Is Maryan here? 01:34:52.921 --> 01:34:56.423 - She's not here today? 01:35:45.339 --> 01:35:48.041 You find her? - No. 01:35:50.044 --> 01:35:53.346 - Boyah has been arrested. 01:35:53.348 --> 01:35:55.014 - What? 01:35:55.016 --> 01:35:56.182 - The president is feeling the pressure 01:35:56.184 --> 01:35:58.318 over the American hijacking. 01:35:58.320 --> 01:36:00.420 - Boyah didn't do anything. 01:36:00.422 --> 01:36:03.123 - He's done enough. 01:36:03.125 --> 01:36:05.792 - Shit. 01:36:11.065 --> 01:36:13.800 - Jay? 01:36:13.802 --> 01:36:19.339 Don't worry. Your words will reach the Western people. 01:36:19.341 --> 01:36:22.008 I know. 01:36:44.999 --> 01:36:49.903 - Now I see why you stare out here in the morning. 01:36:49.905 --> 01:36:53.139 It's a different view. 01:36:53.141 --> 01:36:55.041 - This is real? 01:36:55.043 --> 01:36:58.378 - What? - You in my bedroom? 01:36:58.380 --> 01:37:01.281 - Yeah. 01:37:01.283 --> 01:37:03.383 - Wow. 01:37:06.020 --> 01:37:12.292 - I needed to talk to you. 01:37:12.294 --> 01:37:13.993 What's all this? 01:37:13.995 --> 01:37:16.396 - These are the plot points to my book. 01:37:16.398 --> 01:37:21.901 Um, I like to write everything down, keep it all organized. 01:37:21.903 --> 01:37:23.937 - You're a crazy man 01:37:23.939 --> 01:37:26.005 to come here to write, you know that? 01:37:26.007 --> 01:37:29.008 - I'm not the one who snuck in past security into my room. 01:37:29.010 --> 01:37:31.511 - Well, I've come to warn you. 01:37:31.513 --> 01:37:35.215 My husband is responsible for the attacks on the Americans. 01:37:35.217 --> 01:37:37.617 - Garaad? - And he plans 01:37:37.619 --> 01:37:40.453 on retaliating against the Americans 01:37:40.455 --> 01:37:42.922 for killing his crew. 01:37:42.924 --> 01:37:49.062 If you stay here, you will most certainly die. 01:37:49.064 --> 01:37:54.200 - Um, does he know I'm Canadian? 01:37:55.536 --> 01:37:58.104 - I don't think that will matter much. 01:38:05.347 --> 01:38:09.549 - This card bears my name. What does it say? 01:38:09.551 --> 01:38:14.120 - You don't read English? - Not so well. 01:38:14.122 --> 01:38:18.925 - That card says that, um, 01:38:18.927 --> 01:38:22.395 you're the hottest drug dealer in the world. 01:38:22.397 --> 01:38:25.231 - Is that what it says? 01:38:25.233 --> 01:38:26.633 - Yes. 01:38:26.635 --> 01:38:29.469 - I like that. 01:38:29.471 --> 01:38:32.605 Well... 01:38:38.545 --> 01:38:40.446 this is my number. 01:38:40.448 --> 01:38:44.117 Don't text me. I like voices. 01:38:44.119 --> 01:38:47.987 - Me too. - And please, if you can, 01:38:47.989 --> 01:38:50.423 send me movies or magazines 01:38:50.425 --> 01:38:52.392 that shows my people 01:38:52.394 --> 01:38:55.261 for who they really are. 01:38:55.263 --> 01:38:58.398 I'm tired of watching fools pretending they are Somalis 01:38:58.400 --> 01:39:01.034 in "Black Hawk Down." 01:39:01.036 --> 01:39:03.636 - Deal. - Okay. 01:39:30.531 --> 01:39:32.732 - The next morning Garaad claimed credit for the attack 01:39:32.734 --> 01:39:34.100 on the Maersk Alabama 01:39:34.102 --> 01:39:36.035 and said, 01:39:36.037 --> 01:39:38.137 "I vow to attack any ship flying an American flag 01:39:38.139 --> 01:39:42.008 for the retaliation of the brutal killing of our friends." 01:39:42.010 --> 01:39:44.610 Within hours he delivered on his words 01:39:44.612 --> 01:39:46.612 by attacking the humanitarian relief vessel, 01:39:46.614 --> 01:39:51.584 the MV Liberty's Son, with rocket-propelled grenades. 01:39:51.586 --> 01:39:54.087 My time to leave had come. 01:39:54.089 --> 01:39:56.022 Yo! 01:39:56.024 --> 01:40:01.027 Hey, 01:40:01.029 --> 01:40:04.364 Yeah! 01:40:04.366 --> 01:40:06.432 - I got her number. 01:40:06.434 --> 01:40:09.702 Yeah! 01:40:09.704 --> 01:40:15.208 Colonel, thank you for your protection. 01:40:15.210 --> 01:40:18.177 - I will do anything for Reer Jarfale, son of Levish. 01:40:23.751 --> 01:40:26.419 All right. 01:41:18.439 --> 01:41:20.073 - Don't worry, man. 01:41:20.075 --> 01:41:22.341 I will look for you on the bestseller list. 01:41:22.343 --> 01:41:23.709 I am sure of it. 01:41:23.711 --> 01:41:25.778 - Mm. 01:41:25.780 --> 01:41:28.681 What, is this a offensive gesture to Somalis? 01:41:28.683 --> 01:41:31.084 - No, it's not offensive. 01:41:31.086 --> 01:41:33.719 Even this is not offensive, you see? 01:41:33.721 --> 01:41:36.222 - What? 01:41:36.224 --> 01:41:37.623 - I was messing with you that day. 01:41:37.625 --> 01:41:39.492 - Six months? You didn't tell me? 01:41:39.494 --> 01:41:41.360 - The look on your face. 01:41:41.362 --> 01:41:45.398 - I'm doing this forever. - What this thing mean? 01:41:45.400 --> 01:41:49.102 - This means hope. - Hope? 01:41:49.104 --> 01:41:50.403 - Yes. 01:41:50.405 --> 01:41:52.805 - Okay, I will spread that message. 01:41:52.807 --> 01:41:56.209 - Please do. - Yes. Take care 01:42:07.856 --> 01:42:11.858 - They say in Somalia, every man is his own sultan. 01:42:11.860 --> 01:42:17.163 Then in my mind, Abdi was a glorious kind among sultans. 01:42:26.140 --> 01:42:29.542 Upon landing back in the cell zone known as Toronto, Canada, 01:42:29.544 --> 01:42:32.712 I got 234 unopened text messages. 01:42:32.714 --> 01:42:35.181 165 were from news services 01:42:35.183 --> 01:42:37.683 offering to buy my Garaad interview. 01:42:37.685 --> 01:42:41.521 Eight were from publishers wanting to buy my book rights, 01:42:41.523 --> 01:42:45.525 and four of them were from Tracy. 01:42:49.930 --> 01:42:51.564 I decided if she really wanted to know 01:42:51.566 --> 01:42:54.300 what was going on in my life, 01:42:54.302 --> 01:42:57.303 she could read about it. 01:42:57.305 --> 01:42:59.539 - Excuse me. Can I see your passport? 01:42:59.541 --> 01:43:02.208 - Passport? 01:43:07.247 --> 01:43:10.316 - Follow me, please. 01:43:20.494 --> 01:43:22.828 - Hello, Mr. Bahadur. - Hello. 01:43:22.830 --> 01:43:25.298 - My name's Agent Brice. I'm with CSIS. 01:43:25.300 --> 01:43:29.936 - Okay. Uh, is... am I in some sort of trouble? 01:43:29.938 --> 01:43:31.904 - Quite the opposite. 01:43:31.906 --> 01:43:34.640 We're very anxious to learn if you could give us any insight 01:43:34.642 --> 01:43:39.378 that you may have gained while in Somalia. 01:43:39.380 --> 01:43:42.315 - Wait, you want me to give you insight? 01:43:42.317 --> 01:43:45.551 - Look, uh, both the U.S. and the Canadian intelligence 01:43:45.553 --> 01:43:49.789 are basically flying blind in the region, 01:43:49.791 --> 01:43:53.226 so we could use some help. 01:43:53.228 --> 01:43:55.361 - Oh, my God. 01:43:55.363 --> 01:43:58.698 Wow. Okay. 01:43:58.700 --> 01:44:02.235 Uh, this... my parents are, uh, doing the circling thing. 01:44:02.237 --> 01:44:04.637 - Right, okay. All right, well, uh, tell you what. 01:44:04.639 --> 01:44:08.841 Why don't you give me a call when you're settled in? 01:44:12.846 --> 01:44:16.782 - Toronto had stayed perfectly intact despite my absence. 01:44:16.784 --> 01:44:18.784 I couldn't vouch for the napkin patterns 01:44:18.786 --> 01:44:21.721 inside each home we drove past, 01:44:21.723 --> 01:44:23.823 but I had to guess my painstaking research 01:44:23.825 --> 01:44:25.925 did little to alter the landscape. 01:44:30.597 --> 01:44:32.331 - We don't want to upset you. 01:44:32.333 --> 01:44:33.866 We did not know how to tell you this. 01:44:33.868 --> 01:44:36.602 - Jared's been living in the basement. 01:44:36.604 --> 01:44:38.437 - What? 01:44:38.439 --> 01:44:41.674 - Well, you've been gone for six months, sweetheart. 01:44:41.676 --> 01:44:43.542 So, you know, um, he's sleeping 01:44:43.544 --> 01:44:45.444 because he has exams in the morning, 01:44:45.446 --> 01:44:47.446 so it's best that you enter through the front door. 01:44:47.448 --> 01:44:49.015 - Can I still use the shower, 01:44:49.017 --> 01:44:51.050 or are the pipes gonna wake him too? 01:44:51.052 --> 01:44:56.322 - I think tonight we can make an exception. 01:44:56.324 --> 01:44:58.991 Fuck Harvard! 01:44:58.993 --> 01:45:02.728 - Oh, my God! 01:45:04.831 --> 01:45:08.934 - Fuck Harvard! 01:45:08.936 --> 01:45:10.569 - I've never heard you swear before. 01:45:10.571 --> 01:45:12.605 - Yeah, well, it's true. Fuck 'em. 01:45:12.607 --> 01:45:14.707 My Jay beat all the odds, 01:45:14.709 --> 01:45:16.042 and you're gonna win the Pulitzer 01:45:16.044 --> 01:45:18.911 from writing it in our basement. 01:45:18.913 --> 01:45:22.648 - To Jay and his fucking basement Pulitzer! 01:45:22.650 --> 01:45:24.617 - Yeah! 01:45:24.619 --> 01:45:27.620 - Who's idea was "Fuck Harvard?" 01:45:27.622 --> 01:45:30.923 - Bahadur, you better tell me you got laid at least 01:45:30.925 --> 01:45:33.693 once over there, or I'm leaving. 01:45:33.695 --> 01:45:36.529 On second thought, don't tell me. 01:45:36.531 --> 01:45:37.897 Booze is too good to leave. 01:45:39.667 --> 01:45:43.703 - You guys want to see something really cool? 01:45:43.705 --> 01:45:45.805 - Wow. 01:45:45.807 --> 01:45:50.343 You should see what he does with the bottle. 01:45:50.345 --> 01:45:54.714 - Would I like mine so... hey, man. 01:45:54.716 --> 01:45:56.515 - What are you mumbling about? 01:45:56.517 --> 01:45:58.851 - Well, I'm just thinking aloud, you know? 01:45:58.853 --> 01:46:02.621 - Okay. I like that. I like that. 01:46:02.623 --> 01:46:07.093 - So what's next, Bahadur? - Next? 01:46:07.095 --> 01:46:10.930 - What's gonna keep you from spending all your nights 01:46:10.932 --> 01:46:14.100 in the shadow of those guys? 01:46:14.102 --> 01:46:17.636 - Well, I got a ton of work to do on the book. 01:46:17.638 --> 01:46:19.905 - After the book? - After? 01:46:19.907 --> 01:46:22.975 - Yeah. 01:46:22.977 --> 01:46:26.812 - Take a look at that. 01:46:26.814 --> 01:46:30.883 - 70-year-old men don't get handed fucking business cards 01:46:30.885 --> 01:46:33.719 for a reason unless it's a last rites priest. 01:46:33.721 --> 01:46:35.087 What's it say? 01:46:35.089 --> 01:46:39.492 - Agent T. Brice, CSIS. - CSIS? 01:46:39.494 --> 01:46:41.427 - Yeah. - They talked to you? 01:46:41.429 --> 01:46:46.799 - Yes, they did. - What'd they say? 01:46:46.801 --> 01:46:50.836 - They were anxious to listen to what I learned over there. 01:46:50.838 --> 01:46:52.738 - Anxious, huh? - Mm-hmm. 01:46:52.740 --> 01:46:54.907 - Anxious? - Mm-hmm. 01:46:54.909 --> 01:47:00.880 - Could bring an opportunity. - That's what I think. 01:47:00.882 --> 01:47:03.082 - Oh. - Hmm? 01:47:03.084 --> 01:47:06.419 - Christ, you haven't smoked this fucker yet? 01:47:06.421 --> 01:47:08.053 - Not yet. I've been tempted though. 01:47:08.055 --> 01:47:11.056 - You're hopeless. - Give me the fucking thing. 01:47:15.596 --> 01:47:17.663 - That's Somali? - Yes. 01:47:17.665 --> 01:47:21.500 - What does it mean? - "Tonight, we drink." 01:47:21.502 --> 01:47:23.002 - Oh, that's good to hear. 01:47:23.004 --> 01:47:25.871 I thought you were gonna say, "Tonight we fuck." 01:47:38.485 --> 01:47:39.985 - Please have a seat. 01:47:39.987 --> 01:47:42.655 - Thank you. 01:47:47.527 --> 01:47:52.198 - State your name and work position for the committee. 01:47:52.200 --> 01:47:53.899 - Sure. 01:47:53.901 --> 01:47:55.835 My name is Jay Bahadur. 01:47:55.837 --> 01:47:57.169 I'm a Canadian citizen 01:47:57.171 --> 01:47:58.838 currently living in Nairobi, Kenya. 01:47:58.840 --> 01:48:00.105 I'm running "The Somalia Report," 01:48:00.107 --> 01:48:02.007 which is the largest and in fact 01:48:02.009 --> 01:48:05.144 the only English-language news site devoted to Somalia. 01:48:05.146 --> 01:48:06.979 - Mr. Bahadur, you're considered 01:48:06.981 --> 01:48:08.547 one of the foremost experts 01:48:08.549 --> 01:48:12.818 on Somali piracy, are you not? 01:48:12.820 --> 01:48:15.855 - I have some knowledge, sir. - Some knowledge 01:48:15.857 --> 01:48:17.756 would be an understatement. 01:48:17.758 --> 01:48:19.825 Your book on piracy's currently on "The New York Times'" 01:48:19.827 --> 01:48:22.161 bestseller list, is it not? 01:48:22.163 --> 01:48:24.830 - Yes, that's true, sir. - In your opinion, 01:48:24.832 --> 01:48:26.699 what's the most effective way for us 01:48:26.701 --> 01:48:29.568 to combat this current piracy trend 01:48:29.570 --> 01:48:33.272 and make shipping lanes safe for our vessels? 01:48:33.274 --> 01:48:36.942 - Well, that's a very general question, sir. 01:48:36.944 --> 01:48:43.182 - Well, your best answer's all we ask, sir. 01:48:43.184 --> 01:48:45.784 - Okay. 01:48:45.786 --> 01:48:47.653 I know there's a lot of collective knowledge 01:48:47.655 --> 01:48:49.788 in this room, so I apologize if what I'm about to say 01:48:49.790 --> 01:48:51.824 is old news to some of you. 01:48:51.826 --> 01:48:54.793 I did a paper on the subject my freshman year at university, 01:48:54.795 --> 01:48:56.595 and it just stuck with me. 01:48:56.597 --> 01:48:59.532 - A school paper? 01:48:59.534 --> 01:49:01.267 - Yes. - Are we gonna hear 01:49:01.269 --> 01:49:04.136 your grade too? 01:49:04.138 --> 01:49:07.540 - No, sir, that is classified. 01:49:07.542 --> 01:49:11.977 Um, in 2002 Somaliland held an election 01:49:11.979 --> 01:49:15.814 where the minority clan won the presidential office by 80 votes, 01:49:15.816 --> 01:49:19.818 and the transition of power was completely peaceful, 01:49:19.820 --> 01:49:22.721 no violence, not one shot fired. 01:49:22.723 --> 01:49:24.690 That doesn't happen anywhere in Africa. 01:49:24.692 --> 01:49:27.026 That doesn't even happen here. 01:49:27.028 --> 01:49:30.996 Anyway, it caught my eye and made me start 01:49:30.998 --> 01:49:32.598 to fall in love with Somalia 01:49:32.600 --> 01:49:34.066 and ultimately made me 01:49:34.068 --> 01:49:36.569 go there to find out what made them different. 01:49:36.571 --> 01:49:38.203 After spending my last five years 01:49:38.205 --> 01:49:41.140 immersed in their country's struggles, 01:49:41.142 --> 01:49:45.611 they don't need your warships off their coast. 01:49:45.613 --> 01:49:48.781 What they need is to be recognized by all of you 01:49:48.783 --> 01:49:54.153 for the incredibly complex but honorable culture that they are. 01:49:54.155 --> 01:49:56.855 A fledgling democracy doesn't make headlines like pirates do. 01:49:56.857 --> 01:49:58.357 You guys wouldn't be sitting here talking to me 01:49:58.359 --> 01:50:00.292 if I wrote a book on a fledgling democracy. 01:50:00.294 --> 01:50:02.027 Hell, I couldn't even afford this suit 01:50:02.029 --> 01:50:05.831 if I wrote a book on a fledgling democracy. 01:50:05.833 --> 01:50:09.101 All I'm asking is that you guys start to look at Somalia 01:50:09.103 --> 01:50:10.903 in a different way, 01:50:10.905 --> 01:50:13.872 not so much as them versus us, 01:50:13.874 --> 01:50:18.110 but rather look at Somalia as us 01:50:18.112 --> 01:50:20.946 when we were young.