Soccer City (2011)

Race Class Poverty Faith Hope Soccer Welcome to Alexthe largest and most notorious township in South Africa where soccer is lived not played With the first ever FIFA World Cup in Africa as a backdrop witness the cultural importance of soccer in township South Africa through the lives of five individuals born and raised in the oldest and toughest of South Africas townships Alexandra locally known as Alex Seventeenyearold dribbling sensation Nancy Maradona Majola former national team player Isaac Shakes Kungwane current professional Patrick Raiden Phungwayo 69yearold Jacob Babes Bopape one of the first professional soccer players in South Africa and scholarshipwinner Ricardo Rico Kutumela will all take you into a culture dominated by soccer and into a storied township still largely unknown and misunderstood even among South Africans