Black Diamond
Director Pascale LAMCHE
Countries Belgium, France
Duration 101 min
Synopsis
Synopsis : It's an old story with a perverse new twist. Before, it was known as the transatlantic trade in slaves. Today it's just called business. This is the compelling story of an international web of speculation and trafficking in boys, under the aegis of global football. From the slums of Accra and Abidjan to the petro-dollar sports temples of Arab potentates and the secret politics of a top-ranking club in the Football Money league - our intrepid Ghanaian journalist tracks Ananse. Ananse the spider, who swindles, who frauds and whose myriad stories underpin Ghanaian popular history. And with the help of an old man - a Mandela manque called Nabi - we discover that in the Human Market Place, if you can't unearth the diamond, then fool's gold will do. As long as you take something to market, someone will buy.
Synopsis : It's an old story with a perverse new twist. Before, it was known as the transatlantic trade in slaves. Today it's just called business. This is the compelling story of an international web of speculation and trafficking in boys, under the aegis of global football. From the slums of Accra and Abidjan to the petro-dollar sports temples of Arab potentates and the secret politics of a top-ranking club in the Football Money league - our intrepid Ghanaian journalist tracks Ananse. Ananse the spider, who swindles, who frauds and whose myriad stories underpin Ghanaian popular history. And with the help of an old man - a Mandela manque called Nabi - we discover that in the Human Market Place, if you can't unearth the diamond, then fool's gold will do. As long as you take something to market, someone will buy.