Documentaries
Several TV documentaries have been made tracking the participation of teams from homelessness, joining our football programme and on to participating at the annual event.
Hors-Jeu: Carton rouge contre l’exclusion. Canal+ broadcasted this 90 minute documentary based on the Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup and the year-round work of the Homeless World Cup and five National Partners: Japan, Argentina, Palestine, France and Kenya. It was aired in France on the 9th of October 2011. Directed by Jérôme Mignard and Thomas Risch.
Kicking It. The 2006 Homeless World Cup was the subject of a documentary entitled Kicking It. directed by Susan Koch and Jeff Werner focusing on the experiences of seven homeless people at the Homeless World Cup football (soccer) game. Featured in the documentary, narrated by actor Colin Farrell were residents of Afghanistan; Kenya; Dublin, Ireland; Charlotte, North Carolina; Madrid, Spain and St. Petersburg in Russia. The film premiered in January, 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival and is being distributed by Liberation Entertainment, Netflix and ESPN.
Read more about this topic: Homeless World Cup