Though both U.S. Army leaders and journalists have meticulously documented how the Battle of Mogadishu unfolded decades ago, Netflix is bringing something new to our memory of the incident.

In 1993, two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were shot down over Mogadishu, resulting in an 18-hour battle that killed 18 American soldiers and over 300 Somalis

Ridley Scott’s 2001 film Black Hawk Down was a technically superb blockbuster bristling with thunderous action sequences and famous actors, though its gung-ho depiction of the heroics of American special forces during the appalling Somalian civil war always felt a little uncomfortable.