Season 31 episode 5 1h 22m 45s in 2022, qatar will host the biggest sporting event in the world, the fifa world cup. For the first time ever a film team gained access to the most controversial construction site and gives voice to the workers following their enthusiastic preparation for their own soccer cup. Much to the film s credit, the workers cup treats its subjects as individuals with agency and not as victims, which makes their plight much more relatable. The workers cup is directed by american filmmaker adam sobel, who spent 5 years in qatar, now making his feature directorial debut. Equal parts inspiring and infuriating, the workers cup should be required viewing for any soccer fan.
Pov the workers cup trailer season 31 episode 5 whyy. The workers cup follows a group of these menfrom india, kenya, nepal, and ghanawho, stuck in isolated camps, working arduous hours for unlivable wages, eagerly escape into a corporatesponsored. Home the story film makers screenings where are they now. Screening of the workers cup film documentary mahp. The migrant workers of qatar involved in the construction of the stadiums for the 2022 fifa world cup get to play a game or two of their own in adam sobels feature debut, the workers cup. Inside the labor camps of qatar, african and asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 world cup compete in a football tournament of their own.
The workers cup is a documentary with a defeated spirit, but with fleeting glimmers about why the oppressed keep playing. In the shadows of the controversial building sites, the men enthusiastically train to compete in a football tournament of their own. But right now, far away from the bright lights, star athletes and adoring fans, the tournament is being built on the backs of 1. Adam sobels documentary the workers cup is the kind of feature that cannot be ignored. In the workers cup, director adam sobel follows a group of contracted migrant workers from africa and asia where a majority of qatars 1. The workers cup is a sports documentary, with sociopolitical themes, that gives rise to all of these emotions and more for reasons that go far beyond the field. But right now, far away from the bright lights, star athletes and adoring fans, migrant workers from africa and asia toil exceedingly long hours for scant salaries, and live isolated in labor camps which are by law kept outside city limits. At its heart, the workers cup is a sports film and it employs the narrative conventions of the genre that have proven so effective over time. The workers cup is a personal look inside qatars labour camps, where the fifa world cup 2022 is being built on the backs of a millionplus migrant workers. The workers cup is a featurelength documentary giving voice to the men who are laboring to build sports grandest stage. Al asmakh, nakheel landscapes progress with big wins march 11, 2020 news.
Workerscup 2020 match day 2group stage 06032020 hbk. The workers cup film is a documentary feature film directed by adam sobel and produced by ramzy haddad and rosie garthwaite about a group of migrant workers in qatar. In the shadows of the gleaming high rises towering over this wealthy desert nation, 1. For any further information or competition related queries please contact mr. Workers cup 2014 workers cup 20 for any further information or competition related queries please contact mr. Qatar would not have allowed such access anyway, as discussed in my post the slavery side of world cup soccer and dirty games.
Genres drama, documentary, sports director adam sobel. We are thrilled to announce that the workers cup film has been nominated for an emmy. Eighth edition of workers cup kicks off in style march 1, 2020 news. This premiered at the sundance film festival last year and. The tournament is being sponsored by the same committee organising the 2022 world cup and 24 construction companies have been invited to. Inside qatars labor camps, african and asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 world cup compete in a football tournament of their own. The film explores the use of migrant labor workers from india, bangladesh, the philippines, nepal, and africa as they tirelessly work to build the 2022 world cup facilities in qatar. Keeping the 2022 cup in the background, the film instead focuses on the. This documentary gives voice to one group from the 1. Much to the films credit, the workers cup treats its subjects as individuals with agency and not as victims, which makes their plight much more relatable. Trailer for the documentary the workers cup the world cup is coming to qatar in 2022, and construction is in full swing. Whether it is the business of football, the economics of the migrant worker world or the building of a fifa world cup and a countrys infrastructure from scratch we were entered by pov into the business and economics. In particular, ive been inspired by docu mentaries about amateur competitions that serve as power.
The workers cup in 2022, qatar will host the worlds biggest sporting event, the fifa world cup. The workers cup is set inside the labour labor camps of qatar, where the fifa world cup is being built on the backs of 1. The tournament is being sponsored by the same committee organising the 2022 world cup, and 24 construction companies have been invited to field a team of workers. Its also a very successful film about modern day slavery which avoids pitying or patronising its subjects. Workers cup film highlights the complicated preparations.
In 2022 qatar will host the biggest sporting event in the world the fifa world cup. The workers cup is set inside the labor camps of qatar, where the 2022 world cup is being built on the backs of 1. The film follows a team of laborers living a reallife version of fantasy football. Kenneth, calton, paul, samuel, umesh and padam your story continues its amazing journey. But right now, far from the bright lights, star athletes and adoring fans, the tournament is being built on the backs of 1. Their jobs are strenuous and low paying, and the camp itself is akin to a prison.
In 2022, qatar will host the biggest sporting event in the world, the fifa world cup. From india, nepal, bangladesh, the philippines, and, increasingly from africa, some of the worlds poorest people are working the lowest level jobs to ensure the. Official trailer for migrant workers documentary the. Welcome watch at home trailer contact press required viewing the guardian a riveting underdog tale screen daily delivers impressive dignity the guardian.
Sixty percent of qatars total population are laborers. The film focuses on a select group in the camp who have been chosen to compete in a football tournament for labourers. With unprecedented access, the workers cup gives voice to the men who are laboring to build sports grandest stage while competing in a soccer tournament of their own. With unprecedented access to fifas 2022 world cup stadium construction sites and labour camps in qatar, the workers cup follows one group of men from among the 1. The workers cup is set inside the labor camps of qatar, where the world cup is being built on the backs of 1. Adam sobels 2017 documentary, the workers cup is a maddening heartwrenching inside look into a group of construction workers in qatar, building. The workers cup might open your eyes a little, but to me, adam sobels film normalizes the conditions in qatar. As the 2018 world cup quickly approaches, this film serves as an uncomfortable reminder of the humanity behind one of the worlds most beloved sporting spectacles. The workers cup gives voice to the men who are laboring to build sports grandest stage and competing in a soccer tournament of their own. While all eyes are on the final matches of this years world cup, this sobering documentary follows a lessglamorous soccer. It tells of the migrant workers from countries like nepal, india, ghana, and kenya who are building a new stadium for the 2022 world cup in qatar. With the 2022 fifa world cup on the horizon, qatars migrant population exploded with over 4000 asian and african workers living in labor camps.
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