Hana Mire is a Somali documentarian working to change the perceptions of people around the world through her work, including her unreleased project “A Nation’s Hope;” a story on two generations of the Somali Women's basketball team. She shares with Chinny and Emmett how she first got into filmmaking, and what drove her to pursue the story on the women’s team. Through their conversation, we learn the power that cinema can have in changing perceptions and inspiring others to create positive change.

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The Play It Forward podcast is produced by:

Chinny Nwagbo

Emmett Shepard

Leif Frymire

Rifka Miyara

The Play It Forward podcast is edited by

LeBaron Leath

Animation, music and sound effects created and designed by

LeBaron Leath

Podcast Cover Art by:

Adam Hawkins