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On the ball

When director Greg Hamilton and I first got the idea to make a film about chinlone, the traditional sport of Myanmar, we had no idea what we were in for. No one outside of Myanmar had ever heard of chinlone, Myanmar was on the opposite side of the planet, and very few people there spoke English. But shooting the game itself proved the biggest challenge.

June 1, 2006

When director Greg Hamilton and I first got the idea to make a film about chinlone, the traditional sport of Myanmar, we had no idea what we were in for. No one outside of Myanmar had ever heard of chinlone, Myanmar was on the opposite side of the planet, and very few people there spoke English. But shooting the game itself proved the biggest challenge.