This is POV.
I'm Pete Schwaba host of Wisconsin Public Television's
"Director's Cut."
Tonight, we bring you Director Adam Sobel's
The Workers Cup.
In 2022, Qatar will host the FIFA World Cup,
the biggest sporting event in the world.
The film follows the lives of five migrant workers.
Not only are they building the venue for this incredible event,
they are also chosen to compete on the pitch in The Workers Cup,
which is actually sponsored by the same committee.
These laborers work for peanuts in hopes of being discovered
by a scout and becoming the next big football star.
Adam Sobel's film made its world premiere
at The Sundance Film Festival last year.
Not a bad effort for first-time, feature-length director.
Part of what attracted Sobel to the story
is the struggle of these men who play heroes on the field
but are the lowest members of society off of it.
He's giving voice to the men who are laboring
to build sport's grandest stage.
The Workers Cup starts now
on Wisconsin Public Television,
your home for independent film.