Film Screening: GOAL DREAMS – Palestine National Soccer Team Trials For World Cup

This treat for soccer fans chronicles the trials of the Palestinian National Soccer team as they attempt to qualify for the world cup. Followed by a Q&A with the director and team members!

Goal Dreams (2005) 86min
Thu, July 6 at 6:50pm
Bam Rose Theatre 30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217 – (718) 636-4100

Directed by Jeffrey Saunders, Maya Sanbar
Goal Dreams is a story of a team like no other. It chronicles the trials of the Palestinian National Soccer team as they attempt to qualify for the World Cup. As the team members work to earn the chance to represent their country, they discover new significance in their own Palestinian identities. This treat for soccer fans was organized with the Brooklyn Institute of Contemporary Art and is a New York premiere!

A Q&A with directors and team members will follow the screening.
Tickets $10.

Link http://www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=88