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As many of you know from my having mentioned it here and on my ESPN blog, “Kicking It” is a film about the 2006 Homeless World Cup. “The film chronicles one of the most unique sporting events, the 4th Annual Homeless World Cup, where 500 homeless soccer players from 48 nations traveled to Cape Town, South Africa to represent their countries. The players have been knocked down by life, hailing from such disparate parts of the world as war torn Afghanistan, the slums of Kenya, the drug rehab clinics of Dublin, Ireland, the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, the overflowing public shelters of Madrid, Spain, and the unforgiving city of St. Petersburg, Russia, where the homeless have no rights or identity.”
This is a powerful, beautiful film and it demonstrates the power of sport to change lives.
Kicking It airs on ESPN2 this week, Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 6PM and Wed. Sept 10 at 7PM. Check your local listings to make sure those times apply in your time zone…and enjoy!
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