A Whole Different Ball Game
Series Director: Sylvia Stevens
Series Producer: Grant Keir, Peter Day

BBC 2 1994
Distributor: BBC Worldwide
4 x 55 min series looking at nationalism through sport.
16mm/BetaSP

Cuban Rebel Ball
For over 30 years baseball has symbolised Cuban defiance and national pride. ‘Cuban rebel Ball’ explores the deep roots that baseball has in Cuban popular consciousness, and looks to a future where economic privations threaten the collective spirit so studiously nurtured by the state in its local and national teams.

Director: Sylvia Stevens
Producer: Grant Keir, Peter Day

Brazil: A nation in football boots
Filmed just before Brazil won the world cup, ‘A nation in Football Boots’ takes the pulse of the country as it faces a crisis of confidence and perspective, and explores the pivotal role that soccer plays in the daily lives, mythological pasts, and future hopes of contemporary Brazilians.

Director: Roberto Mader
Producer: Grant Keir

Voortrekker Ruck
The sport of rugby is under intense pressure to reflect the changes in South African society. ‘Voortrekker Ruck’ shows that rugby is not just a game, it reflects how Afrikaners see themselves.  Aggression, control and discipline, the hallmarks of their former rugby success are seen as the necessary qualities for the building of a competitive new South Africa.

Director: David Fox
Producer: Peter Day

Dream Before Wicket
In the world’s largest democracy of India, a strong passion for cricket is the one unifying ‘religion’ that bridges the fractions of a society divided by economics, politics, and religious belief.  ‘Dream Before Wicket’ explores India’s passion, and reveals that cricket is not just a sport, but a metaphor for a way of life.

Director: Ruchir Joshi
Producer: Sylvia Stevens