One World Cup

I posted the trailer for the original ‘Next Goal Wins’ documentary years ago and I am really happy to see it has been made into a feature length movie!

'Free Palestine'

Mark Twain from his novel 'Innocents Abroad'

Bigger than football.

'One World Cup' is a documentary all about the biggest sporting event in the world from one of the most multicultural cities in the world, Toronto Canada.

Its a documentary that takes a fresh approach to issues around racism and prejudice in context of the sport of football/soccer (whatever you want to call it) as well as this massive global event known as the FIFA World Cup.

The world has changed so much since I shot 'One World Cup'; it has become a document of simpler times.

Since then there has been Occupy Wallstreet and the Arab Spring. There were riots over the Brazilian World Cup and a massive FIFA corruption scandle. There have been wide spread racial injustice protests, a global pandemic, Trump and too many other things over an eventful decade to name.

Many of these things I have documented in this blog, making connections between sport and social or political issues. My eyes have been widened. I now know what sort of organization FIFA is. However, I told myself and many of the people in the doc that 'One World Cup' wasn't really about the FIFA World Cup anyway. Its about the fans, the phenomena around the World Cup and the sport itself. Its about meeting people from around the world and finding something in common. Usually its sports and beer.

A protestor interrupts a match at FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar repping several social and political issues.

His t-shirt had two messages, "Save Ukraine" and "Respect for Iranian woman". He also waved a flag in support of LGTB+, which has been banned in Qatar.

A fan holds up an Iranian team jersey at the World Cup with the name of a young woman who was killed by police. Her murder sparked an intense and violent revolt against the authoritarian Iranian government that has lasted the past few weeks.