True/False Dispatch 2: Locked In
One of my favorites at True/False, Sergio Oksman’s O Futebol constructs/chronicles the director’s reunion with his long-out-of-touch father. After 20 years based in Madrid, Oksman has returned to São Paulo to spend a month watching all the 2014 World Cup games with his father. Even in a nation as soccer-crazed as Brazil, Oksman senior’s recall is massive: of a potential challenger for his claim to ultimate knowledge, he responds, “Let’s see if he knows who was the referee of the 1954 Fourth Centenary Cup final.” Father and son never do make it to the stadium — dad says he’s too busy, and then […]
by Vadim Rizov on Mar 11, 2016