Kathryn Mathers
Soap operas, soccer, social change – could it get better than that? “The Team,” a documentary by Patrick Reed and White Pine Productions, about the making of a soap opera featuring a ‘mixed’ football team in Nairobi focuses on a group of young Kenyans who auditioned to take part in the soap opera and follows them through production and – all too briefly – a post-production tour to show off the series. This soap opera had a specific goal to bring reconciliation to Kenya after the post-election violence in 2007. “The Team,” sadly, reveals very little about the plot of the soap opera after which it is named.
Soccer Soap Opera
May 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
The Smiling Faces of Young Africans
February 28, 2011 By 10 Comments
Joy is possible amidst poverty and material commodities are not necessary for happiness. This was the lesson that Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player Clayton Kershaw learned during his recent trip to Africa. A feature in the New York Times by Karen Crouse describes the Dodgers player and his wife, Ellen’s trip to Zambia with the child sponsorship ministry, Arise Africa.
