imagine that
So, I finished the last post with “I can’t wait to see what happens next”. Well, something happened.
On Saturday July 16th the 2011 Uganda under 12 team won the MEA Regional, beating Saudi 6-4 in the final, and became the first African team to qualify for the Little League World Series in its 65 year history… and my world has been spinning ever since.
I don’t need to write anything about how incredible this is, or how hard they’ve worked for this moment, or how proud I am of all of them. So, I wont. Words can’t really do it justice anyway.
As far as the film goes, this obviously means huge things. And frankly, changes for the better. I’ll let you know as they develop. We thought we were done, we had a cut that we were all quite proud of out to the festival circuit and ready to hit the public around October, now of course, all of that is on hold. I have tons to film now. I know all of the boys on the team and have plenty of film on most of them, but there are holes to fill. I’m excited to share their stories with you here.
Some of those stories may be aired during ESPN/ABC’s broadcast of the LLWS in Williamsport next month which is really exciting. There are a lot of really incredible things planned for their time in the states that I can’t quite say with certainty yet, but just trust me… that team is going to be pretty popular and they are going to have the time of their lives.
I’m going to keep this one short. Look for a few of these updates in the next 3 weeks leading up to Williamsport. I will be embedded with the team through their entire journey. I’m humbled that I am the guy that gets to tell this story to the world.
When I take one quick look back over my shoulder before charging forward with the storytelling, it is stunning thinking back to when this whole crazy idea of a film was hatched… and now here we are. All of the phone calls, chats, and emails I have had since Saturday morning sort of overwhelmed me. There are a lot of people’s fingerprints on this news.
Overwhelmed, that’s the word I’ve been looking for. That’s it. That’s what I am. I’ll break through it soon so I can be an effective storyteller by the time I hit the ground in Uganda again, which is in about 15 hours… but for now, I am still very much overwhelmed.
