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"On the eve of June 28th, 2011 Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson put everything at stake by illegally crossing the border from Somalia into Ethiopia. After months of research, planning and failed attempts, they were finally on their way to report on how the ruthless hunt for oil effected the population of the isolated and conflict-ridden Ogaden region. Five days later they lay wounded in the desert sand, shot and captured by the Ethiopian army. But when their initial reportage died, another story began. A story about lawlessness, propaganda and global politics. After a Kafkaesque trial they were sentenced to eleven years in prison for terrorism. And they were far from alone. Their cellmates were journalists, writers and politicians persecuted for not bowing down to dictatorship. Their reportage about oil was transformed into a story about ink, and their daily lives turned into a fight for survival inside the notorious Kality prison in Addis Ababa. Exposed to deadly diseases, daily beatings and fierce repression - deprived of their shoelaces and their freedom of speech - they fought to preserve the most valuable thing of all: the freedom to determine who you are and what you believe. This is their story of 438 days of hell."
A fairly decent account of these swedish journalists ordeal in Africa which was widely reported at the time around the world. A very lefties account though and it tries to blame the conservative government and Lundin Oil but Carl Bildt comes across as stronger than ever in this one.
These two marxists did however defend free speech and even defended the criticism they got. I debated this with my dad a lot and I am still of the view that something with this story is very fishy as it always is when socialists are involved in things abroad.
I love the quote from Carl Bildt when he said "Every swede seem to believe there is a well of oil under every gas station but we all know that is not the case".
Studying the facts and the way they breached the laws of a country entering illegally tells me they were lucky in the end. Gustaf Skarsgård does well and even Varela who is an actor I don't rate much but they do well together portraying the journalist and his camera man.
No english subs:
https://nyafilmer.ga/438-days/