''Soka Afrika'' is a Multi-award winning 2011
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
on the subject of African
football trafficking.
The film follows three main characters:
Kermit Romeo Erasmus, a young aspiring footballer from
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
in a professional setup and playing for his national team; Ndomo Julien Sabo, a player from
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
who is trafficked at a young age to
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
; and , a former player also from Cameroon who helps kids that are abandoned in
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
by fake agents, through his NGO Foot Solidaire.
The film is directed by Suridh Hassan, co-directed by Ryo Sanada (both of The SRK) and produced by Simon Laub and Sam Potter (both of Masnomis Ltd).
The film has been shown in
festivals
A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, Melā, mela, or Muslim holidays, eid. A ...
worldwide. It has also been released as a
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ...
. It is 77 minutes long.
Sam Potter, the executive producer was interviewed in relation to the Raindance Film Festival, explains that the film is capturing the efforts that people go to in order to 'get out of Africa', using Football as a microcosm.
References
{{Reflist
External links
*http://www.sokaafrika.com
2011 films