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Told through the stories of five former prisoners, Durban director Junaid Ahmed's More Than Just A Game follows the story of how political activists who were unjustly imprisoned on Robben Island in the 1960's, rise above their incarceration by creating a football league, the Makana Football Association, thereby finding an outlet for their passion and commitment to discipline through football. The Association is a microcosm of democracy, a training ground not only for the body but for the political soul, where the principles of negotiation and dialogue are practiced and entrenched. It is also a happy collective ripe for upheaval…
South Africa, 2007, 89 min
English, Afrikaans & Sotho; English subtitles
Dir: Junaid AHMED
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