The Fugees Soccer Story to become a Movie

If you haven’t read the story that appeared in the New York Times on Sunday about a youth team of refugees in Georgia called The Fugees do yourself a favor and read it (free subscription required). The story is one of hope and heartache, and it exposes the cultural challenges that exist in this mixed up, mumbled up multi-cultural world of ours where kids can be banned from playing soccer in the park just because they and the sport they love are different.

I could tell the story had an impact on people just by watching how quickly it spread around the blogosphere. The Fugees’ story is poised to receive a much larger audience now that Universal has bought the rights and plans on turning it into a book and a movie. The coolest part about all of this is that as part of the deal Universal has agreed to pony up $500,000 to build a soccer field for the kids.

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Category: World Football