Feels good to be back home, but always hard to let go of the daily interest of a new place. Would like to thank everyone who purchased 'The Troubles in Zolokere' DVD, so far we've raised several hundred dollars for the school project in the village of Khutamadji (Malawi) through the sale of the disc. Peace Corps Volunteer Jake Wilson (http://www.malawijake.honkatonk.com) has done an amazing job implementing this project. Being there in person and seeing first hand the difficulties, I can say frankly, I don't know how he's doing it.
The village name, Khutamadji, means 'full of water'. In the rainy season the youngest kids from this village can't always make the 4k walk to the next village where there's another school, so this new building means they don't have to. The new structure also gives the community a center for meetings and activities where there was nothing before. Considering the entire budget of the project is around 20k, the money being raised with this DVD makes a big difference. A few hundred dollars goes a long way, so thanks again to those who bought it and to those who will.
The last weeks of shooting were intense. Tony Bomber's came in second place after a big controversy. Another team threw their last game, which locked the main rivals hold on first. It's complicated stuff, apparently money was exchanged and a near riot ensued at the final game as all the animosity came out. Sorting out all the details in the film is going to be tough, but I can't complain, my big worry was that nothing would happen at all. Over the next few weeks I'll be posting the best photos from the trip starting later this week. For now here's a picture of the school and a guy working at the kiln next to the school. They actually had to make the bricks on site, by hand.
Thanks again to those who purchased the DVD, it feels good to be helping out.
ChaPuff :: 03. 9.07
Tomas ::
Canoe ::
Three ::
Team ::
Four ::
Below are a few of my favorite pictures from the trip. Lake Malawi is the southern most of the great African lakes. It's got to be at least 800 miles long north to south and at this point around 80 miles wide. The drive was rough. More than 20 guys in a Toyota truck for a full day and a half. The video from these days might be the nicest looking stuff I've ever gotten.
TonyBombers :: 03.16.07
Balancing ::
PostGame ::
BlackMagic ::
PreGame ::
Juke ::
Warmup ::
RoadTrip2 ::
Sincala ::
Chatwa ::
Below are a few production stills of the team. These are probably the strongest people I've ever met. All of them are farmers; so they work in the fields daily, then go to practice most evenings. Sincala is actually from Zambia and the whole season he and his brother Tomas (they're ringers) would ride their bikes 20 miles across the border from Zambia to Malawi to play with the Tony Bombers. Twenty miles on a bike, then two hours of ball, then twenty miles back home. AND the village is at 4000 feet, I could barely jog the field! STRONG!
WhiteII :: 03.22.07
Blue ::
White ::
TropCloseUp ::
Trop ::
Red ::
A few night shots of the flowers that sprung up during the rainy season in Malawi. What a place.
Shatenji :: 03.30.07
Truck ::
House ::
ParisBar ::
Gamma ::
NetBallHoop ::
Goalie ::
LakeKazuni ::
Breakdown ::
Night Shots and Silhouettes ::
These are a mixed batch. The night shots are all long exposures with a high asa, for the one called Gamma its a weak flash for the initial exposure followed by about 10 seconds with the camera pointed at the moon, that's the squiggle of light on his face. All of these were taken with a little canon digital A 530.
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