How To See The Film

Screenings

Offside Festival

Netflix

“The Beautiful Game” is now available on Netflix. Stream it now!

About TBG

“The Beautiful Game” is an inspirational feature documentary about the power of soccer in modern Africa — a game that is helping to change the lives of individuals and communities across the continent. Players, fans, young, old, with or without a disability, male and female… millions of Africans' lives are wrapped up in the ‘beautiful game’.

Our film interweaves a number of dynamic stories from six separate African countries: Kenya, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, and Ivory Coast. Together these stories reveal how soccer can be an effective social and developmental tool; and how a game can play a crucial role in shaping a new future for Africa.

Participants in The Beautiful Game include

• Kofi Annan
• Archbishop Desmond Tutu
• F.W. de Klerk
• Roger Milla (Cameroon player)
• John Obi Mikel (Nigeria player)
• Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo player)
• Sulley Muntari (Ghana player)
• Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid coach)
• Kolo Touré (Ivory Coast player)
• Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast player)
• Steven Pienaar (South Africa player)
• Abedi Pele (Ghana player)
• Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria player)
• Michael Essien (Ghana player)
• Mahmoud El-Khatib (Egypt player)
• Matthew Booth (South Africa player)
• Femi Kuti (legendary musician)
• will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas

The music in “The Beautiful Game” comes from the fabulous Akwaaba music label.