More than just a game : on an island beyond hope football was their salvation : a true story. / Anant Singh presents, in association with Telkom Media, Videovision Entertainment, Filmex (Pty) Ltd., Distant Horizon, and the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa ; screenplay, Tom Eaton ; produced by Anant Singh, Helena Spring ; directed by Junaid Ahmed.

"Told through the stories of five former prisoners, this is the story of political activists sent to Robben Island prison in the 1960s, who rise above their incarceration by creating a football league and finding an outlet for their passion and commitment to discipline through the Beautiful Game. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Videovision Entertainment (Firm) (Production company)
Telkom Media (Production company)
Filmex (Pty) Ltd (Production company)
Distant Horizon (Firm) (Production company)
National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa) (Production company)
Nu Metro Home Entertainment (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Ahmed, Junaid (Film director)
Singh, Anant, 1956- (Film producer, Presenter)
Spring, Helena (Film producer)
Eaton, Tom (Screenwriter)
Chweneyagae, Presley (Actor)
Ngubeni, Wright (Actor)
Abrahams, Az (Actor)
Maseko, Tshepo (Actor)
Balie, Merlin (Actor)
Language:English
Afrikaans
Language of the Original:
Afrikaans
Language and/or Writing System:
English and Afrikaans with English subtitles.
Published: [Johannesburg?] : Nu Metro Home Entertainment, [2007]
Subjects:
Soccer > South Africa > Robben Island > Drama.
Prisons > South Africa > Robben Island > Drama.
Prisoners > South Africa > Robben Island > Social conditions > Drama.
Political activists > South Africa > Drama.
Prisoners > Recreation > South Africa > Robben Island > Drama.
Political activists.
Prisoners > Social conditions.
Prisons.
Soccer.
South Africa.
South Africa > Robben Island.
Documentary-style films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Prison films.
Fiction films.
Genre:
Drama.
Documentary-style films.
Feature films.
Prison films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color with a black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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