Ball State Sports Link, in partnership with Cardiff Met Sport Broadcast, premiered its feature-length documentary, Transatlantic Storytelling 2024, with a digital world premiere Thursday, June 13.
All the interviews and footage was shot while Ball State students were on the ground for 12 days in late February and early March. Students from Cardiff Met Sport TV collaborated on the project and shot additional footage.
The Stars
Liam Mackay
Lynn Davies
Funmi Oduwaiye
Henry Kirwan
Ewan Guy
Daniel Milton
James Ledger
EC Cantrell
Jade Atkin
Bhavya Doshi
Liam Mackay A Youth Justice Sport Coordinator, a collaboration between Cardiff Met Sport and the South Wales Police, working with young people to help with personal confidence and motivation through the vehicle of sport.
Ewan Guy & Henry Kirwan Follow Met Rugby coach Dr. Daniel Milton, along with players Ewan Guy and Henry Kirwan as the team prepares for Leeds and learn why the sport of rugby is the nation’s most popular sport.
Bhavya Doshi A professional cricket player leading the highly successful Met cricket team while pursuing his degree in sports broadcast.
E.C. Cantrell A leader for the Met women’s rugby team who hails from Charlotte, North Carolina and lives with two other American rugby players on the Met men’s team.
Funmi Oduwaiye A para-athlete thrower who was destined to play Division 1 basketball in America, but after a routine surgery went wrong, is now chasing the 2024 Games in Paris.
James Ledger A visually-impaired sprinter is one of the fastest in Wales, ranking in the Top 5 in Europe in his events with a goal of the 2024 Games in Paris.
Jade Atkin A champion British Basketball Wheelchair athlete and member of Met’s wheelchair basketball team with a goal the 2024 Games in Paris.
Lynn Davies A Cardiff Met former track and field athlete who specialized in the long jump. He was the 1964 Olympic champion in the event.
