"One-in-a-lifetime opportunity Kicking It, directed by Susan Koch and produced by Ted Leonsis, is an intimate look at homeless athletes who find a greater goal on the football field as they journey with 48 nations to the Cape Town 2006 Homeless World Cup. The film chronicles the lives of seven players taking a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent their country while overcoming poverty and addiction. The players come from war-torn Afghanistan, the slums Mathare and Huruma in Kenya, the drug rehabiltation clinics of Dublin, the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, the public shelters of Madrid and the rural immigrants' culture in St Petersburg."'Kicking It' is premiering at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. If you've checked out this website previously, you know the impression that the Homeless World Cup has made on me. Collaborating with Jeremy Goldberg of Global Youth Partnership for Africa and having the opportunity to support Team Gomo Tong of Uganda , speaking at the last two HWC's - Cape Town '06 & Copenhagen '07 - and seeing hundreds of beautiful men and women turning their lives around...Well, that's PRICELESS! Congrats to Ms. Koch and the 'Kicking It' crew. And get ready for the Homeless World Cup 2008 in Melbourne Australia...it's only 345 days away!! What's your Red Rubber Ball?!
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