The workers cup /
The Workers Cup is set inside the labor camps of Qatar, where the World Cup is being built on the backs of 1.6 million migrant workers. The film follows a team of laborers living a real-life version of fantasy football. By day they sweat to build the World Cup, by night they compete in a workers wel...
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
| Published: |
Warren, NJ :
Passion River Productions,
2017.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | The Workers Cup is set inside the labor camps of Qatar, where the World Cup is being built on the backs of 1.6 million migrant workers. The film follows a team of laborers living a real-life version of fantasy football. By day they sweat to build the World Cup, by night they compete in a workers welfare football tournament, playing in the same stadiums that will one day host the world's greatest players. We join one team of men from Nepal, India, Ghana, and Kenya whose only common ground is their love for football. Each match offers them a momentary escape from the homesickness and isolation they endure as the lowest class in the world's richest country. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed October 16, 2018). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (87 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 01:26:13 |
| Awards: | Nominated 2017 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema - Documentary Won 2017 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival McKinnis Sports Documentary Award, Best Sports Documentary |