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The film captures the story of an Italian basketball team, who were refused access to regional leagues because of the Italian-born players’ immigration status. Former Italian basketball champion, Massimo Antonelli, started the team at a disused holiday complex in Castel Volturno, an area that is made up of 25,000 inhabitants, a fifth of whom are registered migrants. Being free to join, it offered local teenagers a chance to participate in after-school sports and was sustained by generous donations. The FPI (Italian Basketball Federation) rules stated that to compete, only 2 players per team could be migrants, which posed a problem for Antonelli and his team of hard-working and committed players. Given his media status, he soon found himself at the centre of a debate surrounding Italian citizenship and integration, and the question ‘what does it mean to be Italian?’ was brought to the forefront. (Camerimage)
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