With the World Cup in full flight, this short film highlights a disturbing side to the sport that rarely gets much airtime over the glitz and razz of soccer’s celebrity roadshow:

“deadly Mediterranean crossings, broken promises, vanishing agents, brutal living conditions, and families torn apart. It’s estimated that 20,000 young African soccer players are now stranded in Europe. Many more never even make it that far and remain stuck in transit, in port towns across Africa”

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