After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United

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After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United

Released May 21, 2010

1h 24m

Documentary

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An Arab team represents Israel in a European competition for the first time.

Jay Weissberg

Variety

An energetic, nicely balanced docu containing all the necessary elements for sports reportage with the added advantage of meatier issues attached.

Jul 7, 2010

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Nick Schager

L.A. Weekly

A cautionary rejoinder to typical sports-movie uplift, elucidating how athletics remain a dangerously precarious foundation upon which to construct lasting peace.

Jun 7, 2010

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

The soccer footage, although not the centerpiece one might expect, provides a vivid sense of the game's ardent, sometimes inflammatory fans and its significant place within the Israeli zeitgeist.

Rated: 3/5

May 27, 2010

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Rated: 3/4

Aug 25, 2010

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Ethan Alter

NYC Film Critic

Browne has effectively distilled the events of Sahknin's 2005 season into a lively and entertaining 80-minute feature.

Rated: 3/4

May 21, 2010

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Nora Lee Mandel

Film-Forward.com

Captures a stressful roller coaster ride during an emotional year where politics brings the usual passions and pressures of partisan soccer fans into even sharper relief.

Rated: 7/10

May 21, 2010

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Excellent human element to the film - an examination of personalities in a volatile region during a volatile time - if not too deeply political (as strange as it may seem - it doesn't delve TOO DEEPLY into the Israeli / Arab politics, though it is always there as the elephant in the room) it's a good watch and shows the passion of sports and politics intersecting.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Alexander H. Browne

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Director

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Synopsis

An Arab team represents Israel in a European competition for the first time.

Director: Alexander H. Browne, Christopher Browne
Producer: Roger Bennett, Alexander H. Browne
Distributor: Variance Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 21, 2010, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.0K
Runtime: 1h 24m