DCSIMG
Skip Navigation
A soccer field

About the filmmaker

  • Indonesian filmmaker Adi Putra submitted his video, Democracy Is…Soccer, to the 2010 Democracy Video Challenge. “Democracy is diversity and we can see [that] clearly in soccer,” he said. “The World Cup is an obvious example. Any country can enter. It shows [that] soccer is like democracy, freedom.”

One filmmaker from Indonesia says yes. Watch the video and explore the ideas below.

You might also be interested in...

Upcoming Webchat

Democracy and the World Cup

Date: June 10

Time: 16:00 GMT (12 noon EDT)

Democracy and the World Cup

Talk with an expert who uses soccer to teach teamwork, communication, discipline, and respect.

YOU DECIDE