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Entries Tagged ‘documentary’

Kick Like A Girl – A Documentary

When an undefeated girls soccer team called The Mighty Cheetahs goes looking for stronger competition, they find it in the boys division of their soccer league. Their coach, who happened to be in film school at the time, decided it would make a compelling story for a documentary and the result is ‘Kick Like A Girl’, a documentary due to be released this summer.

Mystic Ball Is Out On DVD

Mystic Ball, a documentary about Chinlone, is now available on DVD. Chinlone is a mix of sport and dance played primarily in Burma where players attempt to keep a small rattan ball airbone using acrobatic moves.

The Soccer Project – A Documentary

Intriguing. Four soccer players, mostly from Duke University’s Documentary Studies program, are setting out on an adventure across the globe to create a documentary about soccer:

Four soccer-playing filmmakers abandon jobs, renew passports, trade novels for Lonely Planets, and travel the world in search of pickup games: impromptu scenes that arise anywhere, between anyone. As we [...]