
Inside Qatar's labor camps, African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football tournament of their own.... (Full plot summary below)
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Inside Qatar's labor camps, African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football tournament of their own.
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| RogerEbert.comNick AllenA documentary with a defeated spirit, but with fleeting glimmers about why the oppressed keep playing. |
| Film ThreatLorry KiktaThere are a lot of moments in the film that brought me to the brink of tears. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleIt’s the movie equivalent of a multi-course banquet of colorful foams: wisps of flavor emerge here and there, and admiration reigns, but in the end you’re unlikely to believe you’ve actually had a meal. |
| Moveable FestStephen SaitoThe clean and sharp simplicity with which Sobel presents such an insidious situation is what gives "The Workers Cup" much of its considerable power, disarming audiences with its personable subjects and casual displays of the daily indignities they face. |
| Maven's NestNora Lee MandelIntimately captures how fantasies of opportunities don't get to square with the realities of building the huge facilities needed...Empathetic, insightful look behind. |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoIt's the kind of piece that could have cut much of its soccer footage and might have worked better as a short. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonSobel doesn't invite us to pity these men but rather to listen to what they have to say. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Josh TerryIt is remarkable to see people who can be so happy in the midst of miserable circumstances. That's the inspiring takeaway from The Workers Cup. |
| People's WorldChauncey K. RobinsonIt's a game they are playing to win with passion and heart despite the odds. It's that passion and resilience which center this resonating film. |
| The PlaylistAndy CrumpAn angry paean made to celebrate the blood of the common man. |