Screening
Lights of Rome
Thursday, February 15, 2018, 6:30PM
NYUAD Campus, Conference Center
Past Event
Open to the Public
In Singapore, October 28th, 1989, a group of young footballers defied all odds and made history by qualifying for the World Cup in Italy, 1990. Their average age was 19, their country, the United Arab Emirates, was also just 19 years old. This documentary explores the historical and emotive journey of the 'golden generation' whom to this date are the only United Arab Emirates football team to make it to the World Cup.
[Director: Ali Khaled | UAE | 2016 | 72 mins | Arabic w/ English Subtitles
Screening followed by Q&A with Lights of Rome Director Ali Khaled
In Singapore, October 28th, 1989, a group of young footballers defied all odds and made history by qualifying for the World Cup in Italy, 1990. Their average age was 19, their country, the United Arab Emirates, was also just 19 years old. This documentary explores the historical and emotive journey of the 'golden generation' whom to this date are the only United Arab Emirates football team to make it to the World Cup.
[Director: Ali Khaled | UAE | 2016 | 72 mins | Arabic w/ English Subtitles
Screening followed by Q&A with Lights of Rome Director Ali Khaled
- NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, Film Director, Individuals
- NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
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