What The Black Hawk Down Movie Doesn’t Show, Revealed In Ridley Scott’s New Documentary 24 Years Later

Netflix’s new three-part documentary miniseries Surviving Black Hawk Down is a welcome addition to the record of a harrowing event in the recent history of Somalia. In October 1993, a group of US military special operatives waged a battle with militia groups in the country’s capital Mogadishu, with thousands of civilians getting caught in the crossfire. Two American Black Hawk helicopters were famously shot down during the battle, lending their name to Ridley Scott’s 2001 movie Black Hawk Down.