Captains of Zaatari

Streaming video - 2021

Filmed over five years, CAPTAINS OF ZAATARI follows two best friends, Mahmoud and Fawzi, refugees from Syria who now live in the Zaatari camp in Jordan. As teeneragers and like many boys their age, they dream of becoming professional football players. Despite being locked in a space that has no facilities or opportunity for training, they remain hopeful and full of dreams. Their stories take an unexpected turn when Aspire Academy, one of the world’s leading sports academies, sends scouts to the camp to identify promising footballers.

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Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Utopia 2021.
2022.
Language
Arabic
Other Authors
Ali El Arabi (film director), Fawzi Qatleesh (actor), Mahmoud Dagher
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (74 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).