Football Rebels

The fa­mous foot­ball play­er chose to aban­don the French team to play for Al­ger­ian in­de­pen­dence.

Film­mak­er Gilles Rof ex­plains why he de­cid­ed to take a clos­er look at some of foot­ball’s un­sung he­roes.

How Brazil’s foot­ball leg­end turned every Corinthi­ans’ match into a po­lit­i­cal meet­ing for democ­ra­cy.

The Yu­gosla­vian in­ter­na­tion­al play­er chose to start a mul­ti-eth­nic foot­ball school in a be­sieged Sara­je­vo.

How the for­mer Chelsea star and Ivory Coast for­ward used the pow­er of foot­ball to end his coun­try’s civ­il war.