Informe Robinson documentary double bill - Friday 6 June
The Children of the Habana tells the extraordinary story of the evacuation of 4,000 children from Bilbao
Friday 6 June 6:15pm
UK Premiere
Location: Hackney Picture House, 270 Mare Street, London, E8 1HE
Running time: 70 minutes
Directors: José Larraza and Román Escoda
Spain’s award-winning monthly sports TV programme Informe Robinson – hosted by former Liverpool and QPR striker Michael Robinson – brings us two documentaries exploring the role of football in war and conflict.
The Hour of Africa
The Hour of Africa looks at what the 2010 World Cup meant for South Africa. John Carlin, journalist and author of Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation, joins Michael Robinson to explore the status and role of football under apartheid, and follows its changing role in South African society since then.
Q&A
Followed by a Q&A with Informe Robinson reporter José Larraza; editor of The Blizzard Jonathan Wilson; and Amnesty’s Naomi Westland. They will discuss whether 2010 was ‘Africa’s hour’, the legacy of the World Cup and similarities with – and lessons for – Brazil 2014, as well as the broader theme of football and conflict in both documentaries.
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