The Workers Cup

Name: The Workers Cup
Genre: Sport, Documentary
Released: June 8, 2018
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 67

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Passion River Films | Release Date: June 8, 2018 | Not Rated

Summary: Inside the labor camps of Qatar, African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football tournament of their own: The Workers Cup.

Director: Adam Sobel

Genre(s): Sport, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 92 min

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Sarah Ward

May 25, 2018

Aping sporting conventions, The Workers Cup relates a riveting underdog tale about a quest for glory, while simultaneously probing the reality faced by the poorest people in the world’s wealthiest country. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

May 25, 2018

The Workers Cup is a bittersweet portrait of the labor that built the glimmering towers, stadiums, and luxury malls: spaces these men are not permitted to be seen in public areas of. Read full review

Lorry Kikta

Sep 27, 2018

Adam Sobel’s 2017 documentary, The Workers Cup is a maddening heart-wrenching inside look into a group of construction workers in Qatar, building facilities in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Read full review

The Playlist Andrew Crump

May 25, 2018

More than a documentary, the film is an exposé on the world of global capitalism’s callousness that handily demonstrates their inhumanity. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Jun 7, 2018

While it would have been easy for Mr. Sobel to unleash an angrier screed against the inequalities shown, some well-placed images tell us all we need to know about the haves and have-nots here. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Jun 7, 2018

Sobel lets these conflicting feelings hang in the air, offering no pat conclusions, or convenient corporate bogeymen. By refusing to resolve or reconcile these contradictions, he ensures that we’ll keep thinking about them. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

May 25, 2018

Sobel’s inexperience with the feature-length format and the requirements of specific genres shows, with Workers Cup constantly struggling to reconcile the horrible fate of what are essentially modern-day slaves with the aspirational side and dreams of victory and beyond that are the end game of any underdog sports story. Read full review

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