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ABOUT “BORDER WAR” Produced by: Erik Ashel Emmy - award winning reporter, photographer, editor, and producer at Metro Sports, Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas vs. Missouri is no longer a matter of life and death, although to the fans of these two schools, it definitely feels like it. The documentary "Border War" details the historic roots of the Kansas-Missouri rivalry, beginning with the guerilla combat of pre-Civil War America, and enduring today on the playing fields of athletic competition.
It is widely believed that the seeds for the American Civil War were planted along the Kansas-Missouri border. The bad blood began as a struggle for self determination, and the protection of state’s rights regarding the issue of slavery. The violence that ensued has fueled this feud since the early 1850’s.
In over a century of fierce athletic competition the Kansas Jayhawks and Missouri Tigers have staged one of the most heated and historically significant rivalries in all of sports. Standing as the second oldest Division I series in America, KU vs. MU is the only American college rivalry derived from actual warfare.
"Border War" explores the passion behind this rivalry, its beginnings, and how events that occurred 150 years ago continue to affect Kansans and Missourians today.
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