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Black Eagles

2021 · 102 min

A sober, moving documentary where footballers recount personal battles with racism, offering insight and quiet emotional weight.

Directed by
Torsten Körner
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Guy Acolatse, Otto Addo, Gerald Asamoah
Overview
The documentary Schwarze Adler (Black Eagles) lets black players of the German national football team tell their personal stories for the first time. What road did they take before they got to where we cheer for them? What hurdles did they have to overcome? What prejudices and racist hostility were they exposed to – and what was it like in the past, what is it like today?

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Directed by
Torsten Körner
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Guy Acolatse, Otto Addo, Gerald Asamoah
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • identity
  • isolation
  • justice
  • sport
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
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Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
German, English

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