The fields are alive... with the sound of soccer songs
e.tv will broadcast the first part of Little Bird Television's Soccer Songs, a two-part documentary in the Total Soccers series which focuses on real narratives, both on and off the field, on Sunday night, 4 February 2006 at 6.30pm.
Soccer Songs, directed by Mandy Jacobson, tells the story of the lengths to which two passionate and wildly eccentric soccer supporters will go in order to help their teams win. Songs are their weapons to spur their teams on to victory.
These football anthems are modern versions of songs sung by young men during initiation rituals, as well as popular re-inventions of kwaito and gospel numbers.
This documentary follows The Bishop and Skhumbuzo in the tense buildup to the dramatic game in which Bloemfontein Celtics and Black Leopards will lock horns. It's to be the clash of two soccer fans and their war cries.
Just one week after completion of filming, The Bishop passed away unexpectedly. Soccer Songs is dedicated to him. The Bishop, number one supporter of Bloemfontein Celtics, is no more.
Total Soccer consists of eight one-hour documentaries per year and sponsored by Total South Africa.
