Coach

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  • Filmmakers
  • Company Credits
  • Keywords & Categories
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    CoachEnglish (original)zum Film
    Synopsis
    For the kids who find themselves in New York’s failing public school system, sport can be one way out of the ghetto. Martin Jacobson, former heroin addict, is coach to New York’s immigrant soccer hopefuls, kids from Ghana, Jamaica, Senegal, who have come to Martin’s school because they heard about the soccer. Coach charts the highs and extreme lows of a high school season in New York when players, coaches and parents fight for their part of that elusive American dream.
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    New York
    Public School System
    Sports
    Immigrants
    Soccer
    Football
    Runtime (in min.):52
    Year Of Production:2004
    Companies & Organizations
    Production Company:

    Setanta Television

    Film Subsidy:

    BSÉ/IFB

    NDR

    Arte

    Filmmakers
    Producers:

    Trisha Canning (producer)

    Directing:

    Liam McGrath

    Writing:

    Liam McGrath

    Keywords
    New York; Public School System; Sports; Immigrants; Soccer; Football; African Immigrants; High School; American Dream
    Categories
    Society & Social Life, Emigration & Immigration, Integration & Tolerance, School & Education, Geography, Travel & Cultures, North America, USA, East Coast, Sports, Ball Games