Jimmy Dolan (Bacon) is an assistant basketball coach looking for the next big star for his university college basketball team. After seeing a video of his school's missionary work in Africa (where a giant young Kenyan man is playing basketball in the background of the video, and playing very impressively), Jimmy travels to Kenya to visit a tribe called the Winabi, looking to recruit this young player, named Selah. After meeting the young talent, Jimmy finds out that not only is Selah the son of the tribe's chief, but that Selah is set to become the next leader of the tribe (Selah is always guarded by at least one Winabi warrior, if not several). So, Jimmy has 0 luck in winning the chief over when he asks about Selah coming to play basketball for him,, so Jimmy decides to do whatever he can to win the chief/tribe over.
Also, the Winabi tribe are constantly at odds with the town of Mingori, ran by a fat slimeball named Nyaga. The Mingori want the land that the Winabi live on, bc it's very rich in copper. The Winabi have no intention of selling their land,, so the Mingori have tried many times to "persuade" the Winabi.
Will Jimmy be able to win over the Winabi chief?
Will the Winabi be able to fend off the Mingori?
I cannot believe this came out almost 30 yrs ago!! W/o a doubt, this is one of my favorite live action Disney movies of the 90s. Low budget, but great fun. (A lot more language than I remember there being. Nothing more than you hear in primetime tv,, but still.)
Also, the Winabi tribe are constantly at odds with the town of Mingori, ran by a fat slimeball named Nyaga. The Mingori want the land that the Winabi live on, bc it's very rich in copper. The Winabi have no intention of selling their land,, so the Mingori have tried many times to "persuade" the Winabi.
Will Jimmy be able to win over the Winabi chief?
Will the Winabi be able to fend off the Mingori?
I cannot believe this came out almost 30 yrs ago!! W/o a doubt, this is one of my favorite live action Disney movies of the 90s. Low budget, but great fun. (A lot more language than I remember there being. Nothing more than you hear in primetime tv,, but still.)