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Africa United (2005)

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Length 1h20

Directed by Olaf de Fleur

Genres Documentary

Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Association football films

Rating60%

Africa United is an Icelandic documentary film by director Ólaf de Fleur Jóhannesson released in 2005. The film explores the life of Zakaria Anbari who moves to Iceland from Morocco in search of fortune. It won the Documentary of the Year at the 2005 Edda Awards. It also received nominations for Director of the Year and Script of the Year at the 2005 Edda Awards.

‘’Africa United’’ was filmed in Iceland, England, Morocco and Serbia.

The original musical score is by Barđi Jóhannsson.

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Zakaria Anbari (Zico) has been playing football all his life. He came to Iceland from Morocco to seek his fortune. He starts his own business but it fails to take off after ten years, and Zico goes bankrupt and unable to find work. Left desperate and depressed, Zico decides to start an amateur football team, Africa United, and take them into the semi-professional third division. Initially, Africa United is asked to play in the out-of-division category by the Icelandic Football Association, but they were accepted into the third division after ten years. Zico calls upon immigrants from all-over Iceland, players from Morocco, Nigeria, Colombia, Serbia, Kosovo, Gambia and Guinea to form the team, Africa United. The players migrated to Iceland for various reasons, such as escaping war or to find employment.

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