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SOMAY KU: A Uganda Tennis Story

Directed and shot by Rex Miller, Tennis Channel (2008). 

Synopsis: Patrick Olobo, Uganda's top-ranked tennis player, struggles to leave behind a devastating civil war, finding a new set of obstacles after emigrating to the U.S. 

SOMAY KU was awarded Best Documentary at The Malibu Int'l Film Festival in 2009, screened at the prestigious Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (Durham, NC), the Cucalorus Film Festival (Wilmington, NC) and the South African Int'l Film Festival (Pietermaritzburg), and aired nationally on Tennis Channel, 2009. 

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