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BBC Sportshour, Steve Crossman
“Imagine living in a place where the FA Cup was banned… in fact all football was banned.”
BBC Sportshour shines a light on the world’s sport stories and issues with a team of correspondents around the world. On January 2, 2015, during an FA Cup Special broadcast, Steve Crossman interviewed Director J.R. Biersmith and Saadiq Mohamud about the film and Saadiq’s journey to the United States.
The country that banned football.
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BBC Outlook, Matthew Bannister & Sue Waldram
“Later on Outlook, the Somali Football Team may be 203 of 208, but it’s still every boys dream to…”
BBC Outlook is a one hour program that focuses on true life stories from around the globe. Producer Sue Waldram spoke to Director J.R. Biersmith from the NPR studios in Los Angeles, California and Saadiq Mohamud from Cake Studios in Dallas, Texas. At the 13:11 mark, the interview begins.
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MPR, The Daily Circuit
“Biersmith joins The Daily Circuit to talk about the Somali national team, the process of filming…”
On October 22, 2014 Director J.R. Biersmith joined Minnesota Public Radio’s morning show. Biersmith and the host discuss the Kickstarter campaign, Saadiq’s progress in the U.S. and filming in Mogadishu. Minneapolis is the home of the largest Somali population in the United States.
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Kickstarter Staff Pick, KSR
“Men In the Arena selected as Kickstarter Staff Pick”
Almost a year after J.R. Biersmith and Brian Bellinkoff made the first trip to Nairobi, Kenya with the Somali National Team they launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance the rest of the production. The campaign stretched for 30 days and made the goal thanks to 207 backers.
(Kickstarter)
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