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Storyville: Season 2016

2016x20 Forever Pure - Football and Racism in Jerusalem
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  • 2016-12-04T22:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h 25m
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Documentary which follows events at Israel's most notorious football club. Beitar Jerusalem FC is the most popular team in Israel and the only club in the Premier League never to sign an Arab player. Midway through a season the club's owner, Russian-Israeli oligarch Arcadi Gaydamak, brought in two Muslim players from Chechnya in a secretive transfer deal that triggered the most racist campaign in Israeli sport and sent the club spiralling out of control. The film follows the famous football club through the tumultuous season, as power, money and politics fuel a crisis and shows how racism is destroying both the team and society from within.
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