South of the River
claydavis > 13/09/2022, 22:14
Presented by Rio Ferdinand, this documentary on Netflix talks about the current phenomenon of 14% of players in the Premier League in 2020 came from a 10 mile radius in South London. The three part documentary includes appearances from Joe Gomez, Jadon Sancho, Mikhail Antonio, Ebere Eze, Tammy Abraham and Ryan Sessegnon. It also follows the stories of a group of teenagers across various parts of South London that are hoping to on day fufill their dream of playing professional football. An interesting subplot within the documentary is that it also touches upon the societal issues that can sometimes hinder working class kids from achieving dream, like underfunded governmental sporting initiatives, the police's indifference to take control of reducing crime rates and the effect that capitalism has had on providing people with a liveable wage.