Dozens of people in the Somali capital crowded into an open-air screening on Thursday night, to watch the first episode of a bold new 10-part television series.
Arday, which means “student”, was shot entirely in Mogadishu and addresses difficult subjects like rape, drugs and girl gangsters.
None of the 60-member cast had acted before.
“The youth are unseen in Somalia. Seventy-five per cent of the population is under 30 but they are invisible,” says the series’ director Ahmed Farah.
“This is their reality and I wanted to give them a voice.”
Source – BBC News
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