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Black Hawk Down

2001 · Film · United States · Directed by Ridley Scott

Poster of Black Hawk Down
Poster · Wikipedia
The ochre walls and tower of the Kasbah of the Udayas in Rabat
Filmed here: Rabat · Photo: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Where in Morocco

  • Kénitra: Filming began in March 2001 in Kénitra, Morocco, and concluded in late June. Wikipedia
  • Rabat: Most of the film was photographed in the cities of Rabat and Salé; the Task Force Ranger base sequences were filmed at Kénitra and Mehdya. Wikipedia
  • Salé: Most of the film was photographed in the cities of Rabat and Salé; the Task Force Ranger base sequences were filmed at Kénitra and Mehdya. Wikipedia

Trailer

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Black Hawk Down is a 2001 American epic war film directed and produced by Ridley Scott, and co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, from a screenplay by Ken Nolan. It is based on the 1999 eponymous non-fiction book by journalist Mark Bowden, about two Black Hawk helicopters that were shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu.

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Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. Arabic Wikipedia, filming-location category
  2. Wikipedia: Category:Films shot in Morocco
  3. French Wikipedia, filming-location category
  4. Wikidata, filming location (P915)

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