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Release Date:
October 13, 2022
Original Title:
Super Eagles ’96
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Dorothy St Pictures
MRC
Production Countries:
Nigeria | United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 93
Since its debut in 1994, Nigeria has qualified for six of the eight FIFA World Cup tournaments, reaching the last 16 on three occasions. They are three-time Africa Cup of Nations winners. And they have placed fifth in FIFA rankings – the highest position achieved by an African team. It’s no surprise, then, that they are affectionately known as the Super Eagles. Bamiro’s fascinating documentary not only details how the team grew in stature, it locates them within the country’s politically turbulent recent history – through the various coups, the imprisonment and execution of writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and many others, and the corporate scandals resulting from widespread pollution. It successfully balances profiles of those involved in the team’s success with figures who have fought to better life across the whole of the country.
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Art Direction:
Will Newell
Director:
Yemi Bamiro
Director of Photography:
Jaime Ackroyd
Editor:
Nic Zimmermann
Executive Producer:
Amit Dey
Line Producer:
Monica Mwangi
Music Supervisor:
Kle Savidge
Original Music Composer:
Thomas Farnon
Babatunde Adefuye
Producer:
Lia Nicholls
Julia Nottingham
Jim Anderson
Briony Clark
Karen Kavanagh
Writer:
Yemi Bamiro
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