This Is Football

Exploring how the Rwanda government used the redemptive power of soccer to help rebuild the country.

Just months after Japan was hit by an earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands, the Japanese women's soccer team wins the World Cup.

Exploring "chance" in soccer; the rarity of goals; Frankfurt's first cup win in 30 years.

Iceland -- which doesn't have a professional league and has a national team coached by a part-time dentist -- is the smallest country to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals; a trans-Atlantic brotherhood emerges in Brazil.

For legions of fans across the globe, football is an identity, point of pride and source of redemption; vignettes paint a picture of the world's global sport, with each capturing a different portrait of the human condition.

Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest living footballer. A 1 in 7.2 billion miracle. A genius in boots. This film is an immersion into the beauty of football and a quest to unveil the secret of Messi's genius in the world’s biggest match. A glittering cast from legendary manager and mentor, Pep Guardiola, to the President of Argentina, to renowned statisticians, unveils why Messi is like no other.