The film featured in this screening documents the Trobriand Islanders’ transformation of the game of cricket, first introduced by British missionaries, into a highly distinctive political ritual.

Jerry Leach, Educator, Author, Speaker, Documentary Filmmaker. Director of Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism. Professor and Director, Prince Alwaleed Center for American and Global Affairs, American University in Cairo 2006-11. National President of the World Affairs Councils of America 1996-2006.