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Football Rebels

Didier Drogba and the Ivorian civil warHow the former Chelsea star and Ivory Coast forward used the power of

football to end his country's civil war.

13 Mar 2013 11:56 GMT

Football 'unifying force'

Drogba ponders uncertain

future

Drogba returns for Cote

d'Ivoire

The dark side of ivory

Mekhloufi and the FLN team

The famous football player chose to abandon the

French team to play for Algerian independence.

Predrag Pasic and the siege of Sarajevo

The Yugoslavian international player chose to start

a multi-ethnic football school in a besieged

Sarajevo.

LATEST HUNDREDS MISSING AFTER FLOODS HIT COLORADO

ABOUT FOOTBALL REBELS

Presented and narrated by former

Manchester United star Eric Cantona,

Football Rebels is a five-part documentary on

five football legends whose social conscience

led them to use their fame and influence to

challenge unjust regimes, join opposition

movements and lead the fight for democracy

and human rights in their countries.

"Football is more than the opium of the

people. It's about good intentions, noble

hearts .... When your country's at war, your

friends are killing each other and children are

given rifles rather than footballs, so what if the

 whole world admires you! You have to act."

Eric Cantona

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Caszely and the demise of Allende

The Chilean footballer paid the price for openlydefying General Pinochet's dictatorship.

Socrates and the Corinthians' Democracy

How Brazil's football legend turned everyCorinthians' match into a political meeting for

democracy.

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THE POWER OF FOOTBALL

Filmmaker Gilles Rof explains why he decided

to take a closer look at some of football's

unsung heroes.

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