“Surviving Black Hawk Down tells the gripping real story of the horror and heroism behind the events that inspired Ridley Scott’s blockbuster movie Black Hawk Down, blending raw, immersive storytelling with first-person interviews from both sides of the Battle of Mogadishu,” Netflix said in a synopsis of the docuseries.
Surviving Black Hawk Down: The story behind the new Netflix docuseries A new Netflix docuseries is diving further into the deadly battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in 1993.
The series retells the story of the Battle of Mogadishu, which took place in Somalia in October 1993 and is widely known for the Black Hawk Down incident.
Some may remember the conflict formed the basis of Ridley Scott’s 2001 feature film Black Hawk Down, which stars Ewan McGregor and Josh Hartnett and picked up two Academy Awards.
Titled Surviving Black Hawk Down, the three-part series spotlights first-hand accounts from individuals on both sides of the conflict in “extraordinary detail” according to the description provided by the streaming giant.