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SXSW capsule summary: ‘Pelada’
‘Pelada’
Knowing when to walk away from the game is a problems that has haunted athletes for decades. How do you leave something you love?
In the documentary “Pelada,” filmmakers Ryan White and Rebekah Ferguson follow former collegiate soccer players Luke Boughen and Gwendolyn Oxenham as they travel the world playing in pick-up soccer games from Brazil to China.
Although it is widely understood that soccer is the world’s most popular sport, the film reveals how deeply the roots of the game are planted in nearly every culture. Players don’t rely on chalked fields or officials or scoreboards to commune with one another. They simply need a ball — or sometimes something approximating a ball.
As they travel from the slums of Buenos Aires to the concrete urban landscapes of Shanghai, Oxenham and Boughen revel in a game that, as long as they have the desire to play, can never truly be taken away from them.
Screenings: 7:15 p.m. Sunday, aG-Tech Theater; noon Monday, Alamo South; and 3:30 p.m. Friday March 19, Alamo South.
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