Playing long games with friends is one of life's great cheat codes.
My friend @AlecCutter's dream was to become a filmmaker and tell stories about football that have never reached the masses.
Years ago, he pitched me on Várzea: the underground football league in the favelas of S��o Paulo that birthed countless Brazilian stars. He spent months building the trust required to earn the privilege to bring his camera into these communities and tell a story he was convinced would one day end up on a platform like Netflix.
...he was right!
On June 20th, Alec's self-proclaimed "love letter to Brazilian football" will premiere globally on Netflix. I’m grateful I got to play a small part in helping Alec make his dream a reality.
We hope you love the trailer. Even if you don't care too much for football, this is a story about sports and life that we think will resonate with just about anyone.
@brennanjp@AlecCutter For added context, my love of running in the past 2 years currently has me producing YouTube content for Australia’s fastest ever marathon runner and leading a podcast called Never Run Alone (yes, I support Liverpool).
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@brennanjp@AlecCutter This is dope man
I love football having played for 20 years in Australia. In my early 30s now and running marathons these days, but I’m in NYC for the World Cup - I see you’re a Knicks fan.
If you’re around in the next 2 months I’d love to connect.
@simonhill1894 Simon, what’s 3 things that need to improve for the game return to even what it was 10 years ago?
Or maybe a better way of looking at it, what Aus football needs to return to and then go past its pomp - whenever you think that may be?