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Africa United

2005 / 80min / Documentary / Ólafur Jóhannesson

Zico came to Iceland from Marocco to seek his fortune. After ten years Zico becomes bankrupt, meaning he can´t work anymore. Left desperate and depressed Zico decides to bring life to his amateur team called Africa United and take them into the semi-professional 3rd division. He calls upon immigrants all-over Iceland, players from Marocco, Nigeria, Columbia, Serbia, Kosovo, Gambia and Guinea to help realize his vision.

Director Ólafur Jóhannesson
ORIGINAL TITLE Africa United
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE English/Icelandic
GENRE Documentary
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Skúli Fr. Malmquist, Thor S. Sigurjonsson
PRODUCERS Benedikt Jóhannesson, Olaf de Fleur Johannesson & Ragnar Santos
PRODUCTION COMPANY Poppoli pictures
SCRIPT Zico Zakaria Anbari, Zlatko Krikic, Alex Lopez, St. Paul Edeh, Einar Xavier Sveinsson and many more.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Ragnar Santos
EDITOR Benedikt Jóhannesson & Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
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