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My good mate Barney Douglas was interviewed by Jonathan Agnew on BBC Test Match Special earlier today about his film project Warriors, a documentary about a group of Maasai who have formed a cricket team on the plains of Kenya and are using the sport as a driver for education and social change in their community.
The film charts their attempt to achieve their dream of coming to play in the Last Man Stands cricket tournament in England this coming summer.
Barney is a top fella, outstanding filmmaker, good Brighton lad and ex-Junior Seagull and Brighton Boys midfield dynamo. (He's turned out to be a Spurs fan, but nobody's perfect.) You may have seen his work before on various Sussex CCC DVDs of the past, and/or on the brilliant Swanny's Video Diaries from the 2010-11 Ashes series.
As he says in the interview, he's launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise the money to finish making the film (all the work to date he's financed personally, which is some commitment). Rewards for those who pledge range from a copy of the soundtrack, right through to an Executive Producer credit, a pair of Ashes tickets and a net session with the film's executive producer - a certain Jimmy Anderson.
More information about the project, including a five minute trailer and details on how to pledge are here:
http://www.indiegogo.com/warriorsfilm
The video is running slowly for me, possibly because my computer is crap, but possibly because squillions of folk are visiting the page after Barney's fantastic interview with Aggers this morning. If the video isn't working for you, try again later, and in the meantime download the interview from the TMS podcasts page, which also features Graeme Swann interviewing Jimmy Anderson about the project.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/tms
Ta for reading, and if you're interested, follow @warriorsfilm on Twitter (https://twitter.com/warriorsfilm) or visit http://www.facebook.com/warriorsfilm and help spread the word.
Oh and while I'm here - Alastair Cook, you are an absolute bloody legend and I love you.
My good mate Barney Douglas was interviewed by Jonathan Agnew on BBC Test Match Special earlier today about his film project Warriors, a documentary about a group of Maasai who have formed a cricket team on the plains of Kenya and are using the sport as a driver for education and social change in their community.
The film charts their attempt to achieve their dream of coming to play in the Last Man Stands cricket tournament in England this coming summer.
Barney is a top fella, outstanding filmmaker, good Brighton lad and ex-Junior Seagull and Brighton Boys midfield dynamo. (He's turned out to be a Spurs fan, but nobody's perfect.) You may have seen his work before on various Sussex CCC DVDs of the past, and/or on the brilliant Swanny's Video Diaries from the 2010-11 Ashes series.
As he says in the interview, he's launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise the money to finish making the film (all the work to date he's financed personally, which is some commitment). Rewards for those who pledge range from a copy of the soundtrack, right through to an Executive Producer credit, a pair of Ashes tickets and a net session with the film's executive producer - a certain Jimmy Anderson.
More information about the project, including a five minute trailer and details on how to pledge are here:
http://www.indiegogo.com/warriorsfilm
The video is running slowly for me, possibly because my computer is crap, but possibly because squillions of folk are visiting the page after Barney's fantastic interview with Aggers this morning. If the video isn't working for you, try again later, and in the meantime download the interview from the TMS podcasts page, which also features Graeme Swann interviewing Jimmy Anderson about the project.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/tms
Ta for reading, and if you're interested, follow @warriorsfilm on Twitter (https://twitter.com/warriorsfilm) or visit http://www.facebook.com/warriorsfilm and help spread the word.
Oh and while I'm here - Alastair Cook, you are an absolute bloody legend and I love you.
