THE FOOTBALL CLUB: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
BROADCASTER: Channel 4, 2018
CREDIT: Filmed, Produced and Directed by
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Storyvault
SYNOPSIS
The Football Club takes portrait artist Tai Schierenberg on an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes journey through the trials and tribulations of West Bromwich Albion Football Club’s turbulent last season before relegation. A fascinating and unusual exploration of our national obsession with the game, presenting the footballers, club management and fans in an entirely new light. The programme culminates in Tai unveiling a series of portraits of West Brom players, ex-manager Tony Pulis and life-long fans.
Part of Channel 4’s Artist in Residence season, this observational documentary/arts hybrid met with huge critical acclaim. Broadcast Magazine editor Chris Collins named it the best show of 2018 – “It manages to be about failure, masculinity, creativity and community at the same time.. it gets my vote for the sheer ambition it pours into a commercial hour”.
A 1 x 60 minute Storyvault Films Production for Channel 4. Directed, produced, filmed and edited by Marcus Plowright
“It manages to be about failure, masculinity, creativity and community at the same time.. it gets my vote for the sheer ambition is pours into a commercial hour”
— Editor Chris Collins, Broadcast
GALLERY
“At a time when Britain’s divisions seem deeper than ever, it captures ordinary people articulating what it means to belong to something bigger than themselves. Long live the beautiful game.”
— Chris Curtis, Broadcast
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