Amsterdam – International distribution and production company Rooftop Content Group will be unveiling an impressive slate of new programming at this year’s MIPTV 2017, including the docu-drama series The Great Arab Revolt and the sports documentary about Barça, Take The Ball. Pass The Ball.
Produced in Jordan by Spica Media Production and directed by Aseel Mansour and Roland May The Great Arab Revolt is a historically accurate dramatization which brings the time, place and pivotal events of the revolt to life and tells the tale of an upheaval whose ramifications continue to be felt across the Arab World, directly affecting the lives of every Arab.
Sharif Hussein bin Ali, a man of high stature drawing his lineage back to the Prophet Muhammad had come to believe that the Islamic Caliphate was in its final days and that a bleak future had become inescapable. His vision gave rise to what would come to be known as the Great Arab Revolt, a military and intellectual revolution to demand independence and freedom for Arabs and protect their identity, which laid the foundations for the ideology of Arab Nationalism that has survived to this day.
Rooftop Content Group will also be showcasing the sports documentary Take The Ball. Pass The Ball produced by Zoom Sport International. For four explosive years Pep Guardiola’s Barça produced the greatest football in history, seducing fans around the world. In this exclusive, first-hand account of events between 2008 and 2012 the players themselves reveal the tension of the bitter Mourinho-Guardiola rivalry, the emotion of Abidal’s fight back from cancer to lift the European Cup and how Messi, the best footballer the world’s ever seen nearly didn’t make it. The players also explain the team’s unique tactics, the roller-coaster experience of life under Guardiola and relive the unrivalled success they enjoyed as part of the greatest team in the world.
Directed by Duncan McMath, the 105-minute documentary features legendary footballers such as Xavi, Iniesta, Piqué, Puyol, Valdés, Busquets, Mascherano, Alves, Abidal, Eto’o, Carrick, Capello, Gudjohnsen and Thierry Henry.
