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Football Undercover
David Assmann, Ayat Najafi 2007
Categories: Special Presentations
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Run time: 86 min. | Germany | Language: English, German, Persian
She shoots, she scores! An exhilarating and historic match between an Iranian and a German women's football team is played out in Tehran in 2006. Giving girl power its due, Football Undercover follows the sporty girls as they struggle against what seems like endless bureaucratic oppression to make the game happen. Marlene, the lead on the Berlin-Kreuzberg team, visits officials in Germany and Tehran to lobby for it. Niloofar, the main player on the Iranian side, dresses as a boy to practice in a nearby park. Narmila is living out the dream of her mother, who gave up football when she married. Susu, a German Muslim, wants to learn what it's like to wear a headscarf while playing. A testimony to women's determination and strength, Football Undercover is an inspiring story of cross-cultural politics colliding with a group of sports-loving women who just want to kick some balls and make a few new friends.
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6:30 PM     Sat, Apr 19 Bloor + add to cal buy tickets
6:30 PM     Sun, Apr 27 Bloor + add to cal buy tickets
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director
David Assmann, Ayat Najafi
 
executive producer
Patrick Merkle
producer
Helge Albers
Patrick Merkle
Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
composer
Niko Schabel
cinematographer
Anne Misselwitz
Niclas Reed-Middleton
editor
Sylke Rohrlach
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