Football From Below - A Season with Genclikspor Recklinghausen

The district that Genclikspor calls home bears the familiar signs of anrsut belt city: empty stores, aging buildings, abandoned industrial sites and often times immigrant residents. Genclikspor is 'their' club, which stands not only for sports, but also for social cohesion, exchange and understanding between generations and people of different origins. The film focuses not only on sporting events, but also on (club) life away from the green pitch. It offers an insight into the world of amateur sports, the migrant community and the Ruhr region as a place with conflict potential and great opportunity at the same time.

Keywords

  • Made in Germany
  • community
  • migration
  • sport
  • urban living

Director

  • Daniel Huhn

Documentary, Independent


1h 35min


12

DE


EN

Germany
2013
A documentary look into the world of Genclikspor Recklinghausen, an amateur soccer club in Germany with immigrant roots.

A documentary look into the world of Genclikspor Recklinghausen, an amateur soccer club in Germany with immigrant roots.


The district that Genclikspor calls home bears the familiar signs of anrsut belt city: empty stores, aging buildings, abandoned industrial sites and often times immigrant residents.


Genclikspor is 'their' club, which stands not only for sports, but also for social cohesion, exchange and understanding between generations and people of different origins.


The film focuses not only on sporting events, but also on (club) life away from the green pitch. It offers an insight into the world of amateur sports, the migrant community and the Ruhr region as a place with conflict potential and great opportunity at the same time.

Cast & Crew