For the first time in history, a white man benjamin eicher has been invited to become a maasai warrior. Warriors is a work of genuine artistic merit that is for the first time. Masai warriors play cricket for social change cbs news. With an estimated one million cricket teams in over 106 countries, there is but one team made of maasai warriors. The film tells the story of a cricket team of maasai warriors in kenya who are invited to play in the final of the 20 last man stands world championships, a global, amateur cricket tournament hosted at lords cricket ground in london. However, for this unique team, their journey to the home of cricket represents more than just sporting prowess. Jonathan ole meshami of the maasai cricket warriors prepares to sing and jump to their traditional rhythm after their t20 cricket match against the ambassadors of cricket from india in the ol pejeta conservancy in laikipia national park, june 6, 20. Kenyas maasai cricket warriors trans world sport youtube.
A new film brings the countrys maasai cricketers into the media spotlight again. England and wales cricket boards video producer barney douglas made a documentary film, warriors. During the soroptimist international 16 days of activism campaign, we had the opportunity to interview sonyanga ole ngais, captain of the maasai cricket warriors, coach of the maasai cricket ladies team, and one of the stars of the highly acclaimed warriors, a. International day of sport maasai cricket warriors.
Maasai cricket warriors determined to hit female genital mutilation. Benjamin will live with the tribe, sleep and hunt in the bush, learn their customs of dance and play, and discover how to. The maasai cricket warriors video watch tv show sky. African life african men african culture african fashion tribal fashion we are the world people of the world black is beautiful beautiful people. Warriors is the moving story of how a group of maasai tribesman use cricket to end the brutal.
Warriors cinema trailer hd the maasai play cricket youtube. Maasai cricket warriors a group of young maasai warriors in kenya grew up hunting, but traded in their spears for something unexpected. The film follows the young sportsman and his team from his birth place in laikipia, northeast of the great rift valley, kenya, as they train and travel to england, to. The maasai cricket warriors from laikipia in pictures. Bowling is just like throwing a spear, says the team captain. Their plight has now been captured in a film titled warriors, produced by jimmy anderson england cricket and directed by barney douglas. Both adumu and aigus are maa verbs meaning to jump with adumu meaning to jump up and down in a dance. In kenya, cricket players go to bat for women takepart.
In a community deep with tradition, where female genital mutilation fgm is still a rite of. There are several relatively undetailed references to female genital mutilation. It is a tough challenge to accomplish what they are going for seeing as the maasai elders fear changing their traditions will herald the end of the maasai. The cricket warriors feel that education and change is the only way to secure the health of the community, provide equality to their society, and as a result protect their future.
Englands james anderson swapped onscreen stardom for behindthecamera graft by working as an executive producer on the film warriors. Warriors is the moving story of how a group of maasai tribesman use cricket to end the brutal practice. National geographic documentary lions vs maasai warriors wildlife animal. Maasai warriors have taken cricket to their hearts since they were introduced to it five years ago. To achieve all this they are forming a cricket team. The maasai cricket warriors use cricket yes, cricket to draw attention to social issues affecting their southern kenyan community.
Englands jimmy anderson is helping promote a film on the maasai cricket warriors, who are using cricket to help encourage social change and education back in kenya. Maasai cricket warriors star in hollywood play cricket. The warriors of the iloodokilani perform a kind of marchpast as well as the adumu, or aigus, sometimes referred as the jumping dance by nonmaasai. Dropping their spears in favor of cricket bats and leather balls, this group of youth is trying to promote healthy living within their community, and spreading awareness about hivaids and womens issues by using sports as the medium. Kenyas maasai cricket warriors are fighting for womens. Warriors is a movie about a maasai cricket team dedicated to ending female genital mutilation. Under the shadow of mount kenya, young maasai warriors have remarkably formed a cricket team. Directed by barney douglas starring sonyanga ole ngai, jonathan nissan meshami, aliya bauer, the elders. They dream of reaching england next summer and playing in a tournament. Warriors is a documentary following a group of young maasai who, in a remote region of kenya, have remarkably formed a cricket team.
The film movingly shows how cricket has empowered the. Warriors is a movie about a maasai cricket team dedicated to. The players are aiming to be role models in their communities where they are. Since they first learned cricket in 2007, the maasai cricket warriors have become a semiprofessional team and traveled all the way to london for a. Published on mar 19, 20 warriors is a documentary about the maasai cricket warriors who, on the plains of kenya, have incredibly formed a cricket team. Cricket is the unlikely but effective vehicle for change among.
The maasai cricket warriors are maasai youth from laikipia in kenya who have dropped their spears for cricket bats. When maasai tribesmen took up cricket in 2009, media attention soon followed. A cricket team made up of maasai warriors from the laikipia region of kenya has been formed to promote healthier lifestyles, as well as spreading awareness about hiv amongst the tribal youth. What is most inspiring however is that the maasai cricket warriors have used cricket as an outlet to raise awareness about the hiv pandemic in kenya as well as female genital mutilation fgm. In a community deep with tradition, where female genital mutilation fgm is still a rite of passage, these young maasai express their frustrations at inequality by smacking cricket balls on the plains of kenya and dreaming of life beyond their own village. The maasai cricket warriors from laikipia in pictures sonyanga ole ngais, the captain of the masaai cricket warriors, bats during a practice session at. The maasai cricket warriors fighting to end fgm and give every woman a voice. Resplendent in red traditional robes, the captain of a cricket team made up of kenyan maasai warriors cut a distinctive figure in londons west end on monday as a. Kenyas maasai warriors cricketers get a taste of the scg. Cricket team of maasai warriors goes to bat for womens.
Cricket in the wild kenyas maasai cricket warriors host tourney at wildlife conservancy hd ptv sports. Whilst the film follows the team as they pursue their dream of reaching england, the post win warriors on dvd appeared first on heyuguys. It follows the maasai players from their village of il polei all. Englands james anderson turns film producer for warriors. Warriors a heartwarming story for those who dont like. Documentary film about a maasai warriors cricket team battling against fgm and gender inequality. The maasai of east africa are one of the last tribes on earth to live as they did hundreds of years ago. Warriors duty the maasai cricket warriors are fighting for womens rights, one wicket at a time. Maasai cricket warriors have released a promo for a documentary film, which is still in the process of being made, about a group of maasai who have formed a cricket team on the plains of kenya and dream of playing in the last man stands tournament in england. The maasai cricket warriors, as theyre called, are the subject of warriors, a documentary film by british director barney douglas.
It gave the young men whose story is the subject of a new film. Maasai in kenya are using their love for the game to raise awareness of social injustices in their community. Goats and soda in the movie warriors, they use their status from playing cricket to. Trans world sport feature on kenyas maasai cricket warriors. The maasai cricket warriors are now engaged in the production of a documentary film calledwarriors which highlights how the team are using cricket and the unity of sport to battle hiv and fight for womens rights. Maasai cricket warriors, the only tribal cricket team in kenya and possibly all of africa, are not only sensationally stylish, they may be the tribes future. The film also looks at traditional maasai tribal customs, including the practice of female genital mutilation. Cricket is the unlikely but effective vehicle for change among a group of maasai warriors trying to stamp out the brutal tradition of female genital. Sonyanga ole ngais, captain of the maasai cricket warriors. The white maasai warrior movie trailer hd plot synopsis. Directed by barney douglas, warriors is a documentary following a group of young maasai warriors who against the odds form a cricket team. If it werent for cricket, could we have this meeting here. The maasai cricket warriors african people, africa.
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