Soccer Boys

Directed by Carlos Guilherme Vogel

A group of gay soccer players formed a team for fun, only to spark a movement that swept across Brazil.
Soccer Boys finds its argument on the pitch rather than in speeches. Carlos Guilherme Vogel’s documentary short film follows members of Rio’s gay BeesCats team as they compete, joke and talk about what football meant before they found a space where sexuality did not have to be hidden. The sports footage gives the film energy, while the players’ stories expose how exclusion from supposedly ordinary male spaces can linger long after coming out.

Soccer Boys

Directed by Carlos Guilherme Vogel

A group of gay soccer players formed a team for fun, only to spark a movement that swept across Brazil.

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Soccer Boys finds its argument on the pitch rather than in speeches. Carlos Guilherme Vogel’s documentary short film follows members of Rio’s gay BeesCats team as they compete, joke and talk about what football meant before they found a space where sexuality did not have to be hidden. The sports footage gives the film energy, while the players’ stories expose how exclusion from supposedly ordinary male spaces can linger long after coming out.