A travers l’histoire de cinq anciens prisoniers, le documentaire de Junaid Ahmed (cinéaste de Durban), More Than Just A Game, montre comment des militants politiques ont été injustement emprisonnés à Robben Island dans les années 1960’s. Ils y ont créée une league de football, la Makana Football Association, devenue un éxécutoire de leur passion et une voie pour consolider une discipline.


Afrique du Sud, 2007, 89 min
anglais, Afrikaans & Sotho; sous-titres anglais
Réal : Junaid AHMED

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