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Co-director Ngardy Conteh (in profile) and cinematographer Colin Akoon prepare to film inside a player's home, a windowless 64-square-foot room. |
The Freetown team sqaures off against the Bo team on their turf, in the interior of the country. Final score: 1-1. |
Freetown captain, Bornor, training to be a generator repairman. Almost all Sierra Leoneans run diesel-powered generators, because the electric grid is so unreliable. |
Cinematographer Colin Akoon mounts a light steadicam unit to the back of a moving motorcycle taxi ("okada") to follow an amputee also travelling by okada. |
Mohammed of Freetown's team being interviewed in his office, owned by a German company. Mohammed supports a young child alone. |
Following Bornor's weekly jog from the back of our Toyota 4x4. Amid traffic, Bornor runs for one hour from his home in Freetown's Leceister Peak to Aberdeen Beach. |
The steering wheel of a mini-bus in Freetown. |
Cinematographer Colin Akoon panning atop a hill near Fort Street in downtown Freetown. In one minute, he will be covered in heavy rain. |
Fixer extraordinaire, Hashmiyun "Hash" Magona |
A shantytown in overcrowded Freetown where few enjoy running water and where cholera struck last summer. |
The sun sets over Aberdeen Beach as the Freetown amputees wind down their Sunday practice. |