Premise
Ninety-four football pitches. A third of a million people who are not allowed to leave. For decades football has been the only door out of Kakuma Refugee Camp, but almost nobody gets through it.
This is a film about the players who keep training every day for a chance that could change their lives.
Kakuma Premier League
The league is the camp’s own professional structure, and every kid in Kakuma dreams of joining it. Each club must field more than one nationality, and in more than a decade no conflict in Kakuma has ever begun at a football match.
Above it sits Kakuma United, now playing in Kenya’s second division. Being picked is one of the very few reasons a refugee is allowed to leave.
“I’m not a refugee. I’m a human being.”
“I didn’t make it. But one of you will.”
“One day, one time, you are going to see me on TV, and you are going to be shocked.”
Champions of Nowhere is independently produced. Your gift helps finish the film and bring it back to Kakuma for community screenings.
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