Football and barriers

Football and barriers

Original title: Sobre futebol e barreiras
Production: Olé Produções
Country: Brazil
Director: Arturo Hartmann; Joao Carlos Assumpçao; José Menezes; Lucas Justiniano
Script: Arturo Hartmann; Lucas Justiniano
Photography: Lucas Justiniano; Jose Menezes
Music: André Larcher; Jose Menezes; Daniel Ring; Sérgio Ugeda
Year: 2011
Duration: 113
Genre: Sports documentary
Color: Color
Original language: English
Languages available: English
Subtitles: No

Synopsis:

The documentary film "Football and Barriers" launches a new look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one of the hubs of international relations, having the football World Cup as a backdrop. Filming took place between May 25th and July 17th, 2010. The movie proposes a discussion on the national identities embedded in the conflict during the World Cup in South Africa, and how Israelis and Palestinians followed and related themselves during the biggest sporting event in the world.