Fishing Without Nets

Shot in East Africa using Somali non-actors, Fishing Without Nets tells the mesmerizing and sobering story of the bandits from the Somali point of view. First-time feature filmmaker Cutter Hodierne combines the epic cinematic vision of a glorious action-thriller with intimate, textured qualities of an art film, humanizing the pirates by bringing us inside their moral dilemmas and gut-wrenching struggles.

• Directed By

  Cutter Hodierne

• Written By

  John Hibey, Cutter Hodierne

• Cast

  Abdi Kani, Abdi Siad, Abdikhadir Hassan, Abdikhadir Mukhtar, Abdiwali Farrah, Eric Gordon, Idil Ibrahim, Reda Kateb