Soccer City
Directed by Nick Fitzhugh
Life and soccer in township South Africa during the first ever FIFA World Cup in Africa.
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Overview
- Genre
- Sports, Social Issues, Society, Portrait, and Foreign Worlds
- Synopsis
Race. Class. Poverty. Faith. Hope. Soccer. With soccer in township South Africa and the first ever FIFA World Cup in Africa as a lens, witness the ongoing transition from apartheid South Africa within a township largely misunderstood even by South Africans. Soccer City is a collection of profiles of five individuals born and raised in the oldest and most notorious of South Africa’s townships, Alexandra, locally knows as ‘Alex.’
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 61 minutes
Credits
- Nick Fitzhugh ... Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Art Director
- Pete Muller ... Cinematographer, Associate Producer
- Kelela Mizanekristos ... Music Supervisor
- Arthur Hurley ... Editor
- Daniel Magnani ... Sound Mix
- Richard Humphries ... Sound Mix
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- redfitz productions
- Country
- United States
- Years of Production
- 2010
- Locations
- South Africa
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2011
- Festivals
- Green Mountain Film Festival
- Distribution
- National Geographic Channel International
- Language
- English, Zulu
- Subtitles
- English
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