Author Mark Bowden narrates the story behind the new Ridley Scott film, Black Hawk Down in the History Channel on DStv on March 11 at 20h35.

The film is based on Bowden's book, which recounts the tragic events in the bloody 1993 battle American soldiers fought in Mogadishu, Somalia. Black Hawk Down; A Story of Modern War, (The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999) is an international bestseller, which spent more than a year on The New York Times bestseller list - a month at number one - and was a finalist for the National Book Award.