Baff Akoto’s award-winning documentary, Football Fables (the game we play with our feet, not the one that looks more like rugby with pads) – a film I’ve profiled on this blog in the past – is now on DVD. The film provides unprecedented insight into the inner workings of African football tradition and migration. In addition to the film, the DVD includes a number of extra features. Cost? 13 British pounds sterling (or about $21). Click Here to purchase. Trailer follows underneath…...
- 4/8/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Baff Akoto, whose last film and feature debut was covered extensively on this site – the documentary, Football Fables, on the inner workings of African football tradition and migration - is currently shooting his next project. It’s part of the UK’s Channel 4′s Coming Up series, which showcases the works of new directors and writers, with a guaranteed network broadcast.
The 30-minute film is called Home, and stars Johnny Harris (This is England ’86), Lorraine Stanley (Eden Lake), Branko Tomovic (Bourne Ultimatum) and Anthony Welsch (Red Tails).
Written by award-winning playwright DC Moore, the film is described as “a family drama based around a homeless couple on the streets of London.”
You can follow the film’s progress via any of the below sites:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Home-a-film-by-Baff-Akoto/177413028965582?v=info
http://www.touchpapertv.com/comingup.html
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/coming-up...
The 30-minute film is called Home, and stars Johnny Harris (This is England ’86), Lorraine Stanley (Eden Lake), Branko Tomovic (Bourne Ultimatum) and Anthony Welsch (Red Tails).
Written by award-winning playwright DC Moore, the film is described as “a family drama based around a homeless couple on the streets of London.”
You can follow the film’s progress via any of the below sites:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Home-a-film-by-Baff-Akoto/177413028965582?v=info
http://www.touchpapertv.com/comingup.html
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/coming-up...
- 2/22/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Consider this a companion piece to Baff Akoto’s Football Fables documentary, which we’ve profiled on this blog. I’ve yet to see it, but in watching Baff talk about it in interviews, I feel like I have a good sense of what to expect from it. Currently playing the film festival circuit, it should come my way eventually. The below 45-minute piece is courtesy of Current TV’s Vanguard series, titled Soccer’s Lost Boys. It explores the more disagreeable elements of the sport’s global popularity – something that’s been termed “the new slave trade.”...
- 6/17/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
In case you’ve been asleep, the World Cup has begun… in South Africa; and taking advantage of that fact are a couple of filmmakers with documentaries centered on the sport (from an African perspective), currently in circulation: Baff Akoto’s Football Fables, which we’ve profiled on this blog, and Simon Laub’s Soka Africa. In the video below, both gentlemen talk about the importance of the sport to the continent, as well as the problems and the potential of African football as a vehicle for social change.
- 6/11/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
African football (you know, the one we play with our feet, not the one that looks more like rugby with pads), has a higher profile and more global stars than at any other time in history. But what does it takes to make the transition from a rural African field to a top European football club? If he’s good enough, how does a young African come to the attention of Real Madrid or Manchester United?
Football Fables, the debut documentary from director Baff Akoto, is a unique documentary – providing unprecedented insight into the inner workings of African football tradition and migration. This film unfolds through the eyes of Francis, a talented teenager on the brink of a dream transfer; his talent is undoubted; his desire immeasurable; but will that be enough to secure his future?
Francis’ journey sheds light on the relationships between talented young players, agents, managers and bureaucrats.
Football Fables, the debut documentary from director Baff Akoto, is a unique documentary – providing unprecedented insight into the inner workings of African football tradition and migration. This film unfolds through the eyes of Francis, a talented teenager on the brink of a dream transfer; his talent is undoubted; his desire immeasurable; but will that be enough to secure his future?
Francis’ journey sheds light on the relationships between talented young players, agents, managers and bureaucrats.
- 12/18/2009
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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