In the Game

Showings

The Main 5 Sun, Apr 17, 2016 5:00 PM
Ticket Prices
General Public:$13.00
Members:$10.00
Student:$7.00
Child (12 & Under):$7.00
Film Info
Premiere Status:Regional Premiere
Festival Programs:- Documentaries
- inFLUX
- Women and Film
Tags:Documentary
Sports
Coming-of-Age
Hispanic/Latino/Iberian
Education
Women Directors
Release Year:2015
Runtime:79 min
Country/Region:USA
Language:English
Spanish
(with English subtitles)
Website:OFFICIAL WEBPAGE
Print Source:Kartemquin Films
Trailer:https://vimeo.com/133053729
Cast/Crew
Director:Maria Finitzo
Producer:Maria Finitzo
Mary Morrissette
Cinematographer:Peter Gilbert
Dana Kupper
Ines Sommer
Editor:Katerina Simic
Leslie Simic
Liz Kaar
Composer:Sam Kassirer
Filmography:My Mother's Idea ('11)
Terra Incognita: The Perils and Promise of Stem Cell Research ('07)
Aging Out ('04)
5 Girls ('01)

Description

This warm and often heart-tugging look at four years in the life of a girls’ soccer team at Chicago’s inner city Kelly High School in the primarily Hispanic Brighton Park neighborhood, is an intimate study in sisterhood and hope in the face of adversity. Award-winning director Maria Finitzo (5 Girls, Terra Incognita) underlines the solid sense of family that young players discover in the team setting, as rocky home lives, poverty, and the political forces that dictate slashes to the school’s budget conspire to limit their prospects for a bright future.


Press

"Stan Mietus is the kind of role model that we all hope our children someday encounter in their lives." - RogerEbert.com


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