THE WORKERS CUP
Inside The Labor Camps of Qatar
A Tournament For Workers
A Tournament For Workers
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Check Out The Official Trailer for THE WORKERS CUP below!
NOW PLAYING At Select theaters nationwide
Dates |
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Ticketing Information |
June 8 - 17 |
Redstone Theater-Museum Of the Moving Image |
New York City, NY |
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June 8 - 17 |
Laemmle Monica Film Center |
Los Angeles, CA |
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June 20 |
Alamo Cinema and Drafthouse |
Lubbock, TX |
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June 29 - July 5 |
Angelika Pop-Up |
Washington, DC |
Additional Theatrical Dates Coming Soon!
For Booking Inquiries Please Contact:
Josh Levin
Passion River Films
732-321-0711 ex 180
josh@passionriver.com
Josh Levin
Passion River Films
732-321-0711 ex 180
josh@passionriver.com
See What Critics Are Saying About The Workers Cup
"A riveting underdog tale"
- Screen Daily
- Screen Daily
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"An intimate portrait"
-The Washington Post "Delivers impressive dignity"
-The Guardian |
"Remarkable Inside Access"
- Variety "The Workers Cup gently forces us to consider what it literally means to be free".
-The Playlist |
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Directed by Adam Sobel
Run Time: 92 min. Synopsis: The Workers Cup is set inside the labor camps of Qatar, where the World Cup is being built on the backs of 1.6 million migrant workers.
The film follows a team of laborers living a real-life version of fantasy football. By day they sweat to build the World Cup; by night they compete in a “workers welfare” football tournament, playing in the same stadiums that will one day host the world’s greatest players. We join one team of men from Nepal, India, Ghana, and Kenya whose only common ground is their love for football. Each match offers them a momentary escape from the homesickness and isolation they endure as the lowest class in the world’s richest country. |
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Director's Statement
The Workers Cup is a portrait of our increasingly globalized world. Yet sport is universal, in all of its agony and ecstasy.
The World Cup is being built on the backs of our protagonists – still they can’t help but love the game. This paradox holds the film in balance for me, and I believe it reveals some greater truth about how we find meaning in life.
- Adam Sobel
The Workers Cup is a portrait of our increasingly globalized world. Yet sport is universal, in all of its agony and ecstasy.
The World Cup is being built on the backs of our protagonists – still they can’t help but love the game. This paradox holds the film in balance for me, and I believe it reveals some greater truth about how we find meaning in life.
- Adam Sobel
