ThedocuserieslaunchesonFebruary10,2025.RidleyScott,directorofBlackHawkDown,contributedtothisdocuseriesthroughhisproductioncompanyRSAFilms.However,JackMacInnesdirectedit.MacInnespreviouslyworkedondocumentaries,includingLeavingAfghanistanin2022.ProducersJamalOsmanandEmmaSuppleworkedwithexecutiveproducersDominicCrossley-HollandandTomPearsontodeveloptheseries.　　ThedocumentaryfocusesonOctober3,1993,whenU.S.ArmyRangersandDeltaForceconductedanoperationinMogadishu.TheirmissionwastocapturemilitialeadersloyaltoGeneralMohamedFarrahAidid.ChaosunfoldedafterRPGsbroughtdownthreeBlackhawkhelicopters,leadingtooneofthemostchallengingurbanbattlesforAmericanforces.　　Thedocumentaryincludesstoriesfromsoldiersandsurvivors.U.S.troopsrecallbeingsurroundedandfightingagainstoverwhelmingodds.Audiofromnewsreportscapturesglobalreactionsduringtheevent.Somalifightersandcivilianssharetheirperspectives,includinghowU.S.airstrikesimpactedfamiliesandinspiredretaliation.　　Unlikethefilm,theseriesdoesnotframethestorysolelyfromtheU.S.perspective.ItshowcasesSomaliexperiences,exploringtheirmotivationsandlosses.