This Is Football unpacks the unique phenomenon that grips and unifies billions of people from every corner of the globe. Across the episodes universal themes of the human experience are explored: Redemption – f
ootball’s upli
fting role in
rebuil
ding the soul
of Rwanda
after the genoc
ide, Belief
– the in
spiration
al rise of wom
en’s foo
tball and t
wo teams who
gave everythin
g to make it
happen,
Chance –
the agony an
d the ecsta
sy of th
e fates t
hat humble cha
mpions and kee
p every fan
believing
in the
impossible, L
ove - four s
tories fr
om every co
rner of the ea
rth where the
love of th
e game transce
nds adversi
ty, Pr
ide - how Ice
land’s footb
all Vikings tak
e on the wor
ld and g
ive every un
derdog hope,
and Wonder – u
nlockin
g the sec
rets of Li
onel Me
ssi’s g
enius a
nd the global d
elight of w
atching him pla
y. Each s
tory unfold
s dramati
cally through
the expe
rience
of men and
women of d
ifferent
races, cul
tures a
nd creeds, all
of the
m remarka
ble, all of th
em united in
their p
assion f
or football
and ch
osen from ever
y continent
on Earth.　　
This Is Footba
ll unpack
s the uni
que phenome
non that grip
s and unifie
s billio
ns of p
eople from ever