Defying attacks, arts return to Somalia with first TV drama in 30 years.
The bodies of three students were sprawled on the floor of a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, dusted with grit and shards of glass. Electric lights flickered. A survivor began to wail.
This is the set of “Arday,” a 10-part television series shot in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital that chronicles the lives of high school students. It will begin broadcasting this month on Somali television and is the first drama series to be shot in the ravaged city since the civil war erupted in 1991. The series is part of a wider flowering of the city’s arts, in defiance of frequent attacks by Islamist militants.
Filming was tough. Two actresses narrowly missed being killed by a suicide bombing that showered Farah’s film offices with shrapnel. Although more than 100 people were killed in that attack, the actresses were undeterred and completed their costume fitting before the dust settled. Another day, a man was shot dead in front of Farah’s apartment.Violence is threaded through the series. Farah gave up editing out real bursts of gunfire in the background.
“I used to get camera shocked at first. So many cameras!” he said. “I used to shoot my [rap] videos with one camera … now I’m used to it.”
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