The Anderson Monarchs

May. 07,2013      
Rating:
4.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The Anderson Monarchs is about an all-girls soccer team competing, living, and thriving in an at-risk urban neighborhood in Philadelphia. Nominated in 2008 by Sports Illustrated as "Sports Team" of the year, they were also hailed as "the future of American Soccer" in the London newspaper, The Guardian. The documentary follows two girls, Jlon, age 11, and Kahlaa, age 10, through their formative years from 2009 to 2011. As the girls grow as soccer players, they learn more about their own abilities. Bodies and minds become healthier, aspirations grow, and new dreams are formed. Barriers start to fall by the side as they become confident in school. Marian Anderson, when asked about the time when she was denied the right to sing in Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., replied, "I had no bitterness and I have no bitterness now, because we look for bigger things, and if you're all right on the inside...

Reviews

Perry Kate
2013/05/07

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Jeanskynebu
2013/05/08

the audience applauded

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SteinMo
2013/05/09

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

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Francene Odetta
2013/05/10

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

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