Kariobangi sharks documentary crowned Best African Film

Kariobangi Sharks documentary, Against All Odds, the first ever to be produced by an East African football club has been feted as the Best African Film at the Kenya International Sports Film Festival awards held on Sunday in Nairobi.

The documentary, a Mush King Productions Film, beat over 800 other competitors from around the globe to emerge as the best. It was also made it to the final shortlist of the Best Short Documentary.

The documentary narrates in riveting fashion, the journey of the club from humble beginnings in the slums of Kariobangi back in 2000, to brushing shoulders with the creme del a crème of African football in the CAF Confederations Cup 2018/19 season.

A delighted Kariobangi Sharks chairman welcomed the recognition and promised even more content from the club media department;

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“It is a great pleasure to see that our documentary has received global recognition. We are happy to win the Best African Film award. This is indeed positive feedback and it gives us the impetus to continue doing such productions. We are committed to producing sports content and we promise our fans more.”

Tunisia’s “Left Right” emerged as the runners up in the Best African film.

Against All Odds were runners up in the best Short Documentary which was won by Argentine piece titled The Last Trophy.

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