All language subtitles for Inside Story

- [drums beating]
- [crowd cheering]

[crowd boos]

[whistle blows]

[players chatting indistinctly]

- [referee continues to blow a whistle]
- [players chatting indistinctly]

[cheering continues]

Come on, Kalu!

[suspenseful tune plays]

[crowd boos]

- [player] Coach.
- [in Swahili] What are you doing?

Let's go, let's go!

- [crowd cheering and singing]
- [drums beating]

What are you doing at the back?
Come on, move!

- Go back to the front.
- [in English] Solo, ball.

Ball!

Solo, Solo... [scoffs]

Ball!

[singing continues]

[crowd cheering] Kalu! Kalu!

Kalu! Kalu!

[watch chimes]

[whistle blows]

My name is Kalu, and this is my story.

[man] Cut!

Makeup, he just
needs a little bit of touching.

He's sweating a bit.

- You're doing really well.
- Okay.

Just, take your time.

Otherwise, everything else is great.

Okay. Let's go again.

Roll cameras.

- [director] Speak!
- [host] And... action.

So my father had a saying,

"Knowledge is power."

He said the more
you know, the more free you are.

It took me a while to understand it but,

I understand it now.

And I'm not saying I know everything, but...

I'll tell you what I know.

[wistful music plays]

[soft music playing]

I don't know how else to say this,

but you're supposed to be a team.

You're supposed to play together.

Play for each other.

I don't know what I was watching today.

- Yes coach.
- I would shut up if I were you.

You are equally guilty of this nonsense.

You're not the only player
on the field. You play for a team.

Your arrogance
is going to cause us a game.

Well, it hasn't yet.

You do that when the scout is here
and I'll take you off, understand?

The scout is coming? When?

He'll be here Saturday.

This does not change anything.

You still play for the team
not the scout. Understand?

- [in Swahili] Do you understand Kalu?
- Yes.

[in English] Now go home, rest out.
Saturday is a big day.

- [Kalu] Arsenal, here we come.
- [swahili tarab playing]

Eh, just watch.

[in Pidgin] The money here!

- Then the Gunners will see me now!
- Just sign me.

What are you going
to do with your signing bonus?

I'll buy a big house for my family.

And I'll take Rehema
to a fancy British university.

- Where the big team talk about money.
- Hey, she likes both of us.

And we'll get a flat in London.
Both of us.

Hey, why can't you live in a quiet house?

I don't want to be a
super model who lives with my parents.

- Let's go. [laughs]
- [laughing]

- Uh?
- You're definitely leaving me a 4 by 4.

[both laughing]

Dude, you can't even drive.

But you can. You'll be
my manager, slash driver.

Alright. I'd like to be your manager.

Wait, what does a manager do?

[sighs] He takes
two percent of everything I earn.

- Oooh! [laughs]
- [Kalu laughing]

I'm going to love being your manager.

[both chuckle]

[swahili tarab continues]

[in Swahili] Sorry, Mom.

[in English] Extra time.

- Did you get the bread?
- I forgot.

You should have
seen me today. I was on fire.

What will your father eat

- if there's no bread?
- I'll go tomorrow.

Baba, I scored and there's
a scout coming for the next game.

- [sister] Really?
- Wow.

[Kalu panting]

- Hey, where are you going?
- To get bread.

I"ll go early before training.

After training. Before the game.

That's all you ever think about, football!

[in Swahili] What's wrong with you? [tuts]

[door squeaks opens]

[Father in English] Don't worry.
She'll come around.

Who is this scout?

Yeah, [sighs]
it's a guy from South Africa.

[Father] Oh!

[water wooshing]

- [clock beeping]
- [children chatting indistinctly]

[sighs]

[upbeat rhythmed-drum playing]

[Kalu] There are days when you know
your life is about to change.

This was one of those days.

- Let me make your breakfast.
- No time. I've got to go warm up.

- Let him enjoy it while it lasts.
- Hmm! [sighs]

He's really good, Miriam.

He could make one
of those big teams, you know.

And what if he doesn't,
he'll just come back broken

and alcoholic?
He's supposed to be helping you

- Learning from you.
- Baraka is helping me now.

He was born a mechanic. Not Kalu.

Kalu was born for something else.

If only you could see him play,
the boy has got talent.

- [crowd cheering]
- [whistle blows]

[Kalu] Hey, ball.

Ball, ball, ball!

[Kalu] Football!

What...

Kalu!

They won't pass me ball.

Look, maybe they're afraid
they won't get it back.

I can win this game.
They know it. They're just jealous.

There are eleven people in that field.

You have to play with your team,

- not against them.
- [coach] Kalu, are you crazy?

[in Swahili] Go back in the field.

[in English] Look,
you still have some time.

Play the game you love.
The rest will come.

Wait, wait!

- [whistle blows]
- [indistinct chatter]

[crowd cheering]

So, did you get anyone for Chiefs?

I'll see you next year.

[coach] See my point?

How do you expect to get picked
if you don't play as a team?

[slow tune playing]

[man 1] Hey.

Yeah. Um... I don't know.

- I saw you. You're good.
- I am.

Chief's has got enough big egos.

I'm looking for a team player.

- You're a team player, son?
- Yeah.

[chuckles] Yes. I can be. I can be.

I can offer you a spot in the Keiser
Chief's Youth Development squad.

It doesn't pay,
but they will pay your expenses.

There's other benefits,
like you can study.

Most of all, you get to play
with the squad, you try and get selected.

You get selected, you get a contract.
No guarantees.

- You still want it?
- [Kalu] Yes!

Yes, you're a great man.

[in Swahili] Thank you.
Thank you very much.

[Swahili themed drumbeats plays]

[Kalu in English] Mumbi and I
have been doing it for a while.

We were kind of a thing but,

not a serious thing,
[chuckles] if you know what I mean.

I liked her in that way.

She was my first.

And I never asked
who else she's been with.

We used condoms,

[chuckles] when we had them.

But we didn't always have them.

I never knew exactly when it happened, but

this was when it happened to me.

This was when I got the virus.

Those purple things,
that's HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

They're too small to see,
unless you have a special camera.

Mumbi didn't know that she had the virus.

But it was all around her,

inside her blood and sexual fluids.

The virus sneaks
into your body like a thief.

It will come through the tip of the penis.

Through tiny pores
on the penis you cannot even see.

Or if you're not circumcised,
through the inside of the foreskin.

I wasn't circumcised.

So this was how the virus
passed from inside Mumbi to inside me.

It didn't feel different.

I didn't feel
like there was something new inside me.

[crickets chirping]

[people talking at a distance]

[somber tune playing]

Dad!

Dad!

[sobbing] Dad!

Dad!

♪ Knowing Jesus is profitable ♪

♪ If it were not for God,
what would I say ♪

♪ I pray God, don't you leave me ♪

♪ My heart longs for you, help me lord ♪

♪ Knowing God is profitable ♪

[Kalu in English] I'm
the man of the house now.

So, if the Chiefs can't pay me yet,

I have to stay here and make money.

I can place you
in a first division team in South Africa.

Second tier. Three year contract.

It's a bad career move, kid.

But it pays. It'll pay you
enough to support your family.

- [Miriam] No!
- Mom, I'll be able to send back money.

Rehema can carry on with her studies.

You can't leave!
Who will run the business?

I'll do my best, Mom.

Dad Juma thought me well.

Baraka, I know you're a son in this home

- but I... [sighs]
- Mama, this is the best way!

Baraka will take care
of you until I come back.

You won't come back!

[in Swahili] You'll get lost
in South Africa!

- Mama.
- [Miriam sighs]

Why are you leaving us?

[sniffles] Mom,

We need money mom.

[sighs] Mama,

[in English] if you want me to stay,

I'll stay.

[in Swahili] That's your choice.

[in English] They say you never really
become a man until your father dies.

My father was dead,
but I didn't feel like a man.

[melancholic music playing]

It's amazing how big the world feels
when you're leaving everything behind.

Well, I wasn't leaving everything behind.

The virus attacks your t-cells.
Oh, helper cells like this one.

That's what's so bad about HIV.

It attacks the cells
that are supposed to keep you well.

It digs inside, hijacks the cell

- and uses it to make copies of itself.
- [blood bubbling]

Once the infected t-cells
were in my veins, the blood,

see those red blood cells, carry
the virus and spread it all over my body.

T-cells against virus.

There was a game going on
inside me and I didn't even know.

- [upbeat music playing]
- [gate squeaks]

So, are you my signing bonus?

Same line, every time.

So you're not gonna help me carry my bags.

I'm not your porter.

No, of course not.
You're too pretty to be a porter.

I'm guessing, um, cheerleader.

Maybe not. Secretary?

This is the big city, so I guess,

a woman couold be a driver.

I'm the coach's daughter.

- [Kalu] So, what's your name?
- Ify.

It makes sense.

- Do you mind?
- The back?

Do you know who I am?

[upbeat music playing]

[upbeat music fades]

[pensive music playing]

It wasn't the British Premier League.

It wasn't even
the South African Premier League.

But it was soccer

and it paid.

And really, right then,
that's all that mattered.

Oh, what are you doing here?

I'm changing. Um,
I thought practice was at three.

[laughs] No one changes in here.

[Kalu] Damn!

I don't blame them.

[Coach] So, this is our new player.

[panting] Sorry Coach. I forgot my boot,
so I had to go back home and...

Anyway, as I was saying,
this is our new player.

He's from Kenya. His name is Kalu Kaminju.

- [Kalu] Hey guys.
- Guy, what's up man?

- Hey man.
- He'll take my place, huh?

[Coach] No one is taking anybody's place.

[Coach] Two teams!
Starters versus reserves for 20 minutes.

On my whistle.

Wear that.

Let's do this, guys.

["Sphum'egugs" by Driemanskap playing]

- Move! Go!
- Woah!

Pass the ball to avoid that.

[Goodwill] That looks like a starter.

Here. Over here.

- Go, go!
- Play the ball, not the man.

Think you've got better game?

Watch out for me. [laughs]

You know I'm not a patient man, Valentine.

I like to act.

Listen,

I need to see you
before the field tomorrow.

[music fades]

[players cheering]

- [Ify] Making new friends?
- [Kalu groans]

Hey, they love me.

Maybe it's not too late to go back home.

And miss out on all of this?

[sighs] Never. [pants]

- [whistle blowing]
- [Coach] Spkiri!

Push it up! Jabu, midfield!

[Coach] Jabu, where's your man?

- I lost him, Coach.
- Go find him!

Ah-hah!

["Sphum'egugs" by Driemanskap continues]

Hey!

You didn't show me much today.

- The team was picking on me.
- [coach scoffs]

I bet you were the best player
in your village, mh?

The village superstar.

But this is not your village.

And these players
don't care who you used to be.

It's only the second tier.

- You think you're too good for this tier?
- I'm gonna play for Arsenal.

Arsenal? Hmm.
And I'm gonna coach Manchester United.

Right after I ride my magical pony

into the pot
of gold in the end of the rainbow.

[exhales sharply]

I'm giving you a chance, three months.

If you don't cut it after that,
you're going home.

And if you want to leave
before that I'll release you.

You sent for me, Coach?

Spkiri, your new roommate.

["Phum' eLaynini" by Slikour playing]

That's your corner.

[ash tray clatters]

- Is there something you wanna say?
- Nope! [sighs]

Hey, aren't you training tomorrow?

Tomorrow, [scoffs] the next day, everyday

till our bodies give out.

- We'll finally give up.
- [Kalu] Oh!

Do you like playing?

Just wanna smoke my spliff.

Not your new best friend.

[ash tray clatters]

[in Zulu] Listen here...

[in English] Don't touch my stuff.

Don't eat anything in the fridge.

Hey, can I come?

[traffic buzzing]

[Rehema] Mama, it's Kalu.
[in Swahili] How are you?

[in English] I'm good.

[in Swahili] How are you at home?

[in English] It's going good.

I miss you guys.

We miss you too... Kalu,

- [in Swahili] Thank you.
- For what?

For doing this. For taking care of us.

I'm very thankful

[Mom in English] Is he coming home?

[chuckling] Tell Mom I'm doing good.

The Club is really big and the...

players are really friendly.

Where are you staying? Is it nice?

Yeah, it's beautiful.

Look, um, I just called
to say hi. So I got to go.

I love you.

[sighs deeply]

The next two weeks were a blurr
of bruises and bad tackles.

[indistinct chatters]

I tried fighting back,
stooping to their level.

It didn't earn me respect.
Just some more bruises.

They weren't a team.

They were just
11 guys kicking a ball around.

- They were losers.
- Pass the ball here, not there, man.

[in Zulu] So must I run now?

[Kalu] And now, I was a loser too.

But the virus wasn't.

I knew my team mates were against me.

But my body hadn't
even figured out it had a problem.

[pensive tune playing]

[Ify] Not bad. Pity you can't play
like that during practice.

[chuckling] Hey, what are you doing here?

The sidelines always feel like home.

That's how I feel when I'm in the field.

[Kalu panting]

So, anyway,

what is a young girl like you doing,
spending so much time in a football field?

You got a thing for football players?

My mom died whan I was little.
My dad raised me alone. So...

My dad died a few weeks ago.

- It sucks.
- [Kalu] Yeah, it does.

Does it get easier?

A little bit.

[sighs] So, how are you settling in?

[scoffs] The guys hate me.

I can't even touch the ball during
practice without getting crushed. So...

- Yeah, great.
- [Ify] If you pass the ball more to them

they won't feel
like you're trying to outshine them.

There's no team to be part of.

We don't even change
in the same changing room.

So, maybe that's
where you should start from.

Later, Superstar.

Hey, do you wanna get a drink,

- or food or something?
- [Ify] Don't push your luck.

How can you say no to this face?

I don't go out with my dad's players.

Yeah, what about
when I sigh for in Arsenal?

We'll talk then.

[slow tune plays]

What are you doing, man?

I'm fixing the changing room.

- Why?
- Because the team should change together.

- Why?
- Because it's what a team does.

What are you doing here so early?

I think I left my boots here.

Weren't they on your feet?

I thought they were, obviously not.

- We need to replace this door.
- [Kalu] Maybe it's this one.

Huh.

Yeah, maybe.

No, I'm calling Simba, man.

He's the handy man.

[indistinct chatter]

[upbeat music plays]

Tadaa!

[players applauds]

[upbeat music continues]

Girls, girls, girls!

Girls.

When you ladies are ready.

Okay.

Practice game. Starters versus reserves.

Kalu, striker for the reserves.

Spkiri, striker for starters.

Five aside. Okay, show me what you got.

[in Zulu] Mark those ones, Jabu. Jabu?

Leave those to me. They're mine.

- [whistle blowing]
- Leave that one.

[players chatting indistinctly]

Hey, boy! Huh?

Huh? Huh?

Huh, Guy?

- What are you doing?
- What am I doing?

[upbeat music playing]

[in English] Straight up, straight up!

Pass, pass!

You know, he can
play when he lets go of the ego.

[Ify] He's okay.

[whistle blows]

So how was that for shine? Huh?

- Them?
- [Kalu panting]

I gotta give you this,
you are brighter than most.

Hey, get out of there.

[whistle blows]

And what's our rule
about dating soccer players?

No soccer players
unless they've played five World Cups.

- Hmm.
- Which is impossible.

- I'm a very smart dad.
- [Ify laughing]

Yes, you are.
And you're a very, very good coach.

- Oh, thank you.
- [Ify giggles]

Hey, ball.

Ah! [panting, chuckling]

The virus was spreading faster now.

It was winning the game.

My body didn't know how to fight it yet.

So it could multiply as much as it wanted,

without anything stopping it.

it had spread all through my body.

So if I had unprotected sex now,

there'd be a very high chance
that I'd infect the other person.

But I didn't think I was
going to get laid any time soon.

And anyway, all I could see
were the enemies on the outside.

I can't tell you how much
I appreciate this opportunity, Mr. Melaya.

- It's Goodwill, please.
- Goodwill.

If you appoint me,

I feel like I could really make
a difference to the club administration.

- That's very interesting.
- Like, I have this,

I have this idea about

creating support structures
for the players.

- [Goodwill] Support?
- Yeah.

[Goodwill laughs]

That's a very good word. Support.

In fact, let's talk about support.

You know, your father, he's been

enjoying a great deal
of support from you over the years.

- But he continues to disappoint me.
- [tense music plays]

He's trying.

Well, I might have to let him go.

If he doesn't make it
over the second tier,

his career is over.

You can't do that.

Come on, Ify, I'm not a heartless man.

And I have
a certain kind of fondness for you.

So I'm willing to defer my decision.

Thank you.

- Anything I can do...
- For a man in my position, it's, em,

it's difficult to find a woman
who can keep up with me.

- Aren't you married?
- Mm-mm.

My wife understands a man has needs.

[tense music continues]

Um... [sighs]

- I think I have to go.
- It's in the best interest of your father

that you should stay.

Come on,
let me get to know you better. Mm?

Isn't this nice? Huh?

- One of the many dinners to come.
- [tense music continues]

[balls clink]

[club music playing in the background]

Look at this guy drinking Coca-Cola.

It's game day tomorrow.

You might not even play, on the bench.

[indistinct chattering continues]

Yeah, Coach says he'll
fine anyone drinking.

Coach? Coach is Nigerian.

Oh, come on, Spkiri give him a break.

So what if he's Nigerian?

Nigerians only know
three things. Selling drugs,

who knows what the other two things are.

[club revelers laughing]

And Kenyans?

Kalu, please can we just play?

Kenyans are too stupid to even sell drugs.

- Do you have a problem with me?
- Listen to me,

you're stupid.

[scoffs] See this boy.
He can't even stand up for himself.

[Spkiri] Face sucker!
And who should be ashamed!

[suspenseful tune plays]

[glass clinks]

[laughs sarcastically]

Oh, you think you're a big man, huh?

But this is my team.

You're nothing and will always be nothing.

Hey, what the hell is going on here?

- [Kalu panting]
- We're just playing.

Look at you. What kind of a team are you?

- Drinking, fighting...
- I'm not drinking.

Whose drink is that?

Spkiri, this was your last warning.

[Kalu] It's mine.

- What?
- Yeah, the beer,

it's mine. The Coke is his.

I didn't think
the ban was for servers too.

Got a little bit out of hand.

- Both of you, home.
- [Kalu] Yes, sir.

Hey, I did it for the team, not you.

I know.

You're not coming home?

I'm going to see a girl, man.

[traffic buzzing]

[tense music playing]

Hey, what's wrong?

[sobs] Dinner with Goodwill.

- [Ify breathes shakily]
- [Kalu] Oh!

[sobbing] I should get home.

- Hey whoa.
- [Ify sobbing]

Ify, you're drunk.

I can't go home like this. My dad...

- I'm so stupid.
- Hey, hey, hey.

That's the last thing you are.

[hesitating] He said he wants
to get to know me better.

So? Just tell him no.

He threatened my dad.

He said he'd... He said he'd fire him.

Your dad would put himself
in front of a bus for you.

Do you think he'd care

if he lost his job
because you won't give it up for a pig,

like Goodwill?

Your dad is a good coach.
He'd get another job.

You... You're worth more,

more than a second division coaching job.

Much more.

- [Ify breathes shakily]
- [soft music plays]

You see, this is important.

Even though I had the virus
in my blood and sexual fluids,

You can't pass it on
through saliva or even tears.

So even when we were
kissing, I couldn't infect her.

But I could easily pass
on the virus during sex.

- [Kalu] Wait.
- What? Something wrong?

[soft music continues]

Good thing I had a condom,

which kept
the virus from passing in or out.

Let's watch that again.
The virus shoots and it's blocked

You're beautiful and smart.

You don't need Goodwill for anything.

I don't want to talk about him.

[Kalu giggles] It's a game of two halves.

[Ify chuckles]

I don't have another condom.

I trust you. You're a good guy.

But even good guys can have HIV.

If she hadn't been drinking,
she wouldn't have done it.

If I wasn't so in love with her,
I wouldn't have done it either.

I'd been infected for a couple of months,
the virus had all its players in the field

it was the worst time
to have sex without a condom.

And the virus could easily
go through the wall of her vagina

That's how the virus passed
from inside me to inside Ify.

She trusted me and... [scoffs]

I don't like thinking about it.

[sighs]

- [Kalu] Hey.
- [Ify] Hey.

[Kalu] I missed you this morning.

Do you regret what happened?
Because I don't.

Last night was perfect.

- It can't happen again.
- Why?

- It's complicated.
- I like complicated. [chuckles]

There's my dad. And, if Goodwill knew...

- Who cares if Goodwill knows?
- I care.

He's mean and he wants me. And if...

- he finds out I'm with another player...
- You shouldn't let Goodwill run your life.

It's not just the right time, Kalu.

When it is, come see me.

I'll be around.

Until then, I'm here if you need a friend.

[pensive tune plays]

[players laughing]

Great Joe, did you bring your boots?

My mom did it for me.

[team laughing]

You must do the same
to your defenders, my friend!

[sniffles] Where do we change?

Right there.

So I played
my first game to an empty stadium.

It was a good game none the less.

Kalu, fall back.

Push!

- [Valentine] Don't waste... Yes!
- [whistle blows]

This is what I mean
when I say you must marry your man.

You must tie the knot.

This team is going to be flawless.
You must suffocate your defence.

You must know where he'll be.
You must be the shadow.

[Valentine] Big ones, you go. Go!

[upbeat music continues]

[men cheering]

[upbeat music continues]

[cheering] Yes!

Come on, you're getting lazy. Come on.

Bye.

Wow!

- I got a job.
- That's good. What are you doing?

Working on one of the sponsors
on the football development program.

Hmm, nice. So proud of you.

Thank you.

Look at you two, young love.

- So obvious.
- [Ify] No, we're not... we're...

Nah, don't worry about him.

Kalu Kaminju?

- Yeah?
- Zachman Ndoro.

Can we talk?

Chiefs really wants Kalu, yeah?

[chuckles]

But he still has
a contract with us. Three years.

We'll be happy
to buy him out of this contract.

And at a reasonable transfer fee.

[Goodwill] Hm, that's a generous offer.

- He should be playing in the big league.
- Eh.

- [tuts] I'm afraid I have to decline.
- Goodwill,

- it's a good offer.
- Kalu is not ready.

I'm ready. Tell him, Coach.

He's too young. He still needs to learn.

And these lessons he can only learn here.

- [tense music playing]
- [Zachman sighs]

That's the highest I can go.

It's er... [laughing]

Ah... I can't.

Goodwill, we can buy a new striker.

We can buy a whole team for that money.

And you know Kalu is too valuable
for us to just give away like that.

-Come on,
-The offer is good for a week.

If you change your mind.

- No I won't.
- [Valentine] Let me see you out.

[tense music continues]

[yelling] Hey! That was
my big chance! Are you stupid?

You should be nicer to me,

because I still own you
and I can do whatever I like with you.

[Kalu bangs table]

[tense music continues]

[Ify] Everyone was so friendly,
even the women.

And they've got such big plans
for the development program.

They don't just focus on football

I found they were running
voluntary HIV testing and counselling

for some of the football clubs.

What's wrong, Daddy?

[sighs] It's Goodwill.

- He's been very unreasonable.
- What's it, Dad?

Chiefs want to buy Kalu.

And made a very generous offer
and Goodwill turned it down.

- Why?
- [scoffs] He's talking about, er,

- Kalu having a lot to learn or something.
- [Ify huffs]

- [Ify sighs]
- [cutlery clinking]

- Where are you going?
- Um, work stuff. I won't be long.

Ah, it's late. Can't it wait?

It can't. Don't worry.
I'll be back soon, okay?

[Goodwill] Bye, sure.

[footsteps approaching]

Ify, what a pleasant surprise.

My dad told me about the Chief's offer.

So it's not a social call in.
How disappointing.

I thought you'd
be happy to get rid of Kalu.

[scoffs] You know, Kalu,

Kalu ruined one of my opportunities.

And I feel it's only fair that I should

- ruin one of his.
- His opportunities are real.

This is important
to him, Goodwill. It's his life.

- Don't ruin it because of me.
- [scoffs]

You must really care
about him a great deal,

to sacrifice your father's career for his.

My father will always have work.

Okay.

- Fine.
- Fine?

Yeah, I'll release him.

Just like that?

You know Ify,
I'm not a monster that you believe I am.

And I still have something
of a soft spot for you.

- So if it makes you happy...
- It does.

Then I'll do it.

I'll call Chiefs tomorrow.

Thank you, Goodwill.

You're doing the right thing.

I believe I am.

[pensive tune playing]

Hey, is everything alright?

Goodwill is transferring you.

You're going to Chief's. [chuckles]

How? How did you...

Wait, you didn't sleep with him. Did you?

No! I just asked him and he said yes.

[both laughing]

You're amazing. You know that?

[exhales]

I should go.

Hey, you know,

I'm not one of your dad's players anymore.

- He'll survive.
- No, I mean,

can I take you out
for dinner and say thank you?

- Friday?
- I'll go to work.

So, we go after your work, then.

Fine. You're paying.

I guess all I'm trying to say is...

[sombre tune playing]

I really had a good time.

[somber tune continues]

Good luck, boy.

[both laugh]

Nice, boy. Nice one.

Good luck, my bro.

Happy for you.

- It shouldn't hurt.
- [Ify] I know.

All the big tough players
in the waiting room

were arguing about who will go first.

I volunteered. [chuckles]

Not a lot of people
are smiling when I take this test.

I'm just thinking about somebody.

[paper rustling]

Well, Goodwill,
has Kalu's transfer come through?

Yes, the money's through.

- He officially belongs to Chiefs now.
- Good.

Is there anything else?

- [suspenseful tune playing]
- [traffic buzzes]

- It'll only take ten minutes.
- That's fine.

[suspenseful tune continues]

I don't have any money.
I don't have any money.

[Kalu grunts]

I'm terminating
your contract, effective immediately.

You'll receive appropriate settlement
but you must be out by this afternoon.

You can't do this.
I've given you ten wins in a row.

- [yells] You can't do this!
- I can.

- I did.
- [tense music playing]

It's already done.

Give my regards to Ify.

Alright. Let's take a look.

[suspenseful tune plays]

[Ify] What?

- [bones cracking]
- [slow motioned sound effect plays]

[Kalu] Hey.

They tried to break my knee.

[chuckling] But it is only my leg, so...

I'll be back in the field in no time.

[concernedly] Hey.

- Hey, come here. I'll be alright.
- [Ify sniffling]

I went for an HIV test.

Okay. Why?

I... [sniffling] I have it.

I'm positive
and you gave it to me. [sobbing]

[scoffs] It wasn't me.

It can't have been me.

- It's someone else.
- There was no one else.

- You were the first.
- I can't have been the only one!

You've been sleeping around.

- How many other men, Ify?
- You were the only one.

- [sobbing] I trusted you.
- [wistful music playing]

Who was it? Was it Spkiri?

- Was is Goodwill?
- [Ify sobs]

You gave it up to Goodwill, didn't you?

I know you're lying! You have to be lying!

[sobbing]

[street buzz]

New coach sucks.

Oh, Kalu, you ever gonna talk again?

[banging on door]

[in Zulu] Hey, I'm coming. Piss off!
This is not your mother's house!

- Goodwill.
- Is that how you talk to me?

There he is. Take him out.

I'll break your other knee boy, okay?

Why do you want me?

- What are you doing?
- [Goodwill in Zulu] Get out!

- [Kalu cries in pain]
- Good... Goodwill you can't do this.

Wait! [grunts]

You, Spikiri!

[in English] I've got eyes everywhere,
do you hear me?

If you bring him back here into this flat

that I'm paying for, you will be out.

[melancholic music playing]

[Spkiri] You know, get some sun in here.

Yeah. [exhales]

Er...

There's something I kept for rainy day.

- [sighs] Oh, I'm good.
- [Spkiri] It's a loan.

Pay me back when you,
when you start playing again.

Spkiri knew I wasn't going to play agian.

And I knew too.

Football, life, everything.

I'd given up.

But my body hadn't.

It was fighting back.

It admits these
yellow antibodies to fight the HIV.

It managed to kill off a lot of the virus.

- [swoosh sound]
- But it was still there.

Spreading slowly now, quietly.

[siren blarring at a distance]

I got a job.
It wasn't the life. It was just a job.

But it paid.

[lamp clatters]

But one day, I finally got
the strength to apologise to Ify.

It had been too long
and I wanted to make things right.

[melancholic music plays]

Hi. Can I help you?

Hi. Um, I'm looking for Ify.

Ify? Oh, you mean
the girl that used to live here?

They moved about a year ago.

- [melancholic music continues]
- [children chattering indistinctly]

Hey!

- Jabu.
- I thought you had left the city.

The guys have been
trying to get hold of you.

Yeah.

Hey, you're a painter now.

- How did you know?
- Hey, man...

Oh. Yeah.

Mom said I had
to get a job after we got relegated.

She said division doesn't pay.

And...

- Say hi to the team.
- You should come by.

I don't think Goodwill
will let me near the field.

Ah, come man! Goodwill sold Stars.

He owns Silver Arrows now.

At least someone
got to the Premier League.

So are you gonna come play?

It'll be fun, man. Like old times.

I can't, man. My leg...

Oh... okay.

You know, we should
call each other... Do something.

- Ah, yeah.
- [Jabu] Alright.

- See you.
- See you around, Jabu.

Buddy, have you seen a yellow truck with

paint tins at the back?

- [chuckling] No!
- That's the third time I lost it this week

The boss is sure gonna kill me.

[Spikiri in Zulu] Come, come!

Hey, this way!

- What is this?
- Run, man!

What are you doing there?

- Hey!
- Oh, superstar!

- Hey... [laughs]
- Hey, hey! [laughing]

[in English] Yo, man. I was gonna call.

Yeah, man. No worries.

It's not like I missed you anyway.

[coughing]

- Hey, are you okay?
- [Spkiri coughing]

It's just a cold. Hey.

[Spkiri] Hey,
you're a security guard now, huh?

[both laughing]

Hey, I'm a cashier in a supermarket.

- Yeah. So, are you ready to play, boy?
- [Kalu] No.

- Just came to see how you guys are doing.
- Huh.

Yeah.

We've lost every single game we've played.

- Where's the coach?
- [Spkiri] Mm.

What happened to Valentine?

- Assistant coach, the Alex Shooters.
- Assistant?

- In the second division?
- Goodwill...

He have hurt a lot of people.

I think this
is the last year, for all of us.

Losing wouldn't have felt so bad
if we weren't winners.

The dream is fading now. I know that.

Jabu is what? [laughs] Thirty years old?

And I'm no
spring chicken myself, you know.

There's not much left
in these legs. [chuckles]

You know, I had this dream
of playing in a fully packed stadium.

- [wistful tune plays]
- Sold out, bam! Huh!

Commentators talking about me.

They'll be like,
"Spikiri this, Spkiri that".

Most amazing.

I can't live that dream. I know that.

But I... I was hoping
for one decent season, man.

Hey Coach.

- What do you want?
- Can we talk?

Ify doesn't want to see you. [panting]

And I have nothing to say to you.

It's... It's not about me.

It's the team.

- How is she?
- [Valentine] Off-limits.

She told you about what happened?

Yes.

I'm sorry. Will you tell her that?

- What do you want from me, Kalu?
- [Kalu sighs]

- I need a favour.
- [Valentine scoffs] Yeah?

Well, your chances aren't very good.

I went to see the team.

It's falling apart.

Everybody is leaving
at the end of the season.

That has nothing to do with me.

- Coach, they need you.
- I have a job.

I know what it's like to retire a loser.

Those guys and you,
you shouldn't know this feeling.

What do you want me to do, Kalu?

Give up my job
to coach a team that doesn't care anymore?

[Kalu] They care, Coach.

What do you say, Coach?

A passing on game, for old times sake?

[pensive tune playing]

[Kalu] Valentine did the impossible.

A defence is a unit. You think together.

You move together.

Everybody must know
what to do at the right time.

At the same time.

[Kalu] He turned the team around.

They won a few games, scored a few goals.

And Valentine became
the full time coach again.

Striking is about being explosive.

[Kalu] All this without me.

It's about making sure
you get to the ball first.

Time, after time, after time.

[Kalu] But I couldn't have
stepped onto the field anyway.

I was still scared, still worried.

Not just about my leg.

I did saw was happening inside my body.

Eventually, I stopped going to the games.

It was easier to sit at home.

[somber tune playing]

In time, my body
couldn't win against the virus.

The antibodies didn't work anymore.

And too many t-cells were dead.

I wasn't sick yet.

But if I didn't get treatment,
it was coming.

[knock on door]

Kalu, it's Valentine.

Hey, go away.

[door opens]

[Valentine sighs]

- You stopped coming to the games.
- I got bored.

We're through to the players
of the Access Bank challenge.

- Hey, you won't win.
- No, we'll not.

Not without a striker.

- Spkiri is okay.
- Spikiri...

Spkiri is retired.

Kalu, you know the team.
You know how we play.

[Kalu] So? Huh, so?

You didn't want me in the team.

[sighs]

Do you remember what you said
when you first came looking for me?

Well, you said,
"It's not about me. It's for the team."

- My time is over.
- It's not over unless you give in.

Now you have a choice
to make. You can either give up,

or you can face
your fears, walk up to the field,

and be someone.

Coach, do you hate me?

For what I did to Ify?

[Valentine sighs deeply]

I was angry.

But I never hated you.

And I don't think you
deserve to be living like this.

Practice is tomorrow at three p.m.

Kalu, be someone.

[door opens then closes]

Okay, gents. We're gonna
start up with a warm up run.

Ten laps. Last man in, does ten more.

- Okay? Go.
- [blows a whistle]

So sorry I'm late. It won't happen again.

Ten laps. And pick up
the pace or you do ten more.

Pick up the pace!

[Kalu] It was good.

Yeah. [panting]

- Ah, man that game was beautiful.
- Yeah, it was.

- That's okay.
- [Kalu] Hey, hey.

- Ify!
- [men chattering indistinctly]

- Ify, wait.
- Why?

So you can call me a slut again?

So I can tell you how sorry I am.

- For that and for every thing else.
- Fine.

Apology accepted. Have a nice life.

Wait.

- I'm back on the team.
- Good. Great.

- Congratulations.
- Ify, please.

I'm trying to start again with everything.

With me too?

- [traffic noises in distance]
- I never stopped thinking about you.

- If I could take back what I said...
- You can't.

- Move on. I have.
- I am moving on.

By playing soccer again?

- It's a start.
- It's a distraction.

- Have you even been tested?
- [mutters] No.

This isn't a new start, Kalu.

Just picking up from where you left off.

If you want a new start,

take some responsiblity for your life.

Go get tested. Know where you stand.

You don't want to end up like Spkiri.

[Spkiri coughing]

I got this flu that just won't go away.

Makes it hard to run. [dry cough]

You mean, you've had it for a while now?

Maybe... Maybe you should go see a doctor.

I'm scared.

What if I have AIDS?

It's just better to know.

[laughs] Oh, come, on. [sniffling]

What's the point huh? [continues laughing]

- You have to know. You have to know.
- [sniffles]

Because knowledge is power.

[soft rock music playing]

[Kalu] Ify was right.
I've spent a lot of time running away.

Pretending nothing was happening.

[soft rock music continues to play]

And the virus is so small,
it's easy to pretend it's not there.

But it was there in my blood.

And it showed up on the test.

You know the smart thing about HIV,

the test paper has
those parts the virus stuck to it.

And when my antibodies
and those parts of the HIV touch,

they cause a chemical reaction
that makes a red line on the paper.

So even though you can't see
the virus, you can see the result.

Maybe you knew all along deep down.

But when you hear it,

when it's written down
on paper, that you're HIV positive,

It's like you've been punched.

[soft rock music continues]

But when you can breathe again
and you realize, "I'm still breathing."

That has to count for something, right?

Then I started thinking
what exactly happened

that night Ify and I slept together.

See, when you have sex with someone,

it's like sex with
all the people they have been with.

I had an unprotected sex with Mumbi

but I didn't know that
Mumbi had had sex with two other men.

Clyde, her first boyfriend

and then this guy, Musa for few months.

Then there was everyone
those two guys have had sex with.

When I was with Mumbi,
it's like I was having sex

with all these other people
that I have never even met.

Through Mumbi, I was
carrying the virus Musa had given her.

And I gave it to Ify.

If I had known
we were connected in this way,

I could have chosen
to protect myself for Ify.

I could have said no.

But I had no knowledge. No power.

What do you want, Kalu?

[paper rustling]

You were right.

It was my fault.

I should have protected you.

We were both there that night.

I know.

I have to start treatment.

I got to go. I just wanted you to know.

You've done the right thing.

Kaizer Chiefs...

That's where I was supposed to start.

[Kalu] There are different
kinds of medicines for HIV.

They're called ARVs.

None of them can take
away the HIV. There's no cure.

And I could still infect someone.

But treatment stops
the virus from spreading inside me.

So it can't hurt my body's defence system.

Some medicines damage the HIV
so it can't infect the other cells.

Others work
on the HIV already in the cell.

It stops it from hijacking it
and making new viruses.

It's like defenders on the field, blocking
every path the virus uses to attack.

And as the defenders started working,

my body got stronger and stronger.

[upbeat music playing]

[Valentine] Alright ladies,
the first play off

is in two weeks time. We got lucky.

We drew a third tier. But,

there are no easy games.

What are we gonna do? Are we gonna win?

- Win, Coach.
- Are we gonna win?

- Win, Coach.
- Create two sides on my whistle.

[whistle blows]

Kalu! You have a lot of things to work on!

[Kalu panting]

- [upbeat music playing]
- [whistle blows]

[commentator] Black stars have
overcome their first examination.

Unto the knock out
stages of Access Bank cup.

[Kalu] "Dear Mama,
I am sorry that I've not been in touch.

I'm sure you must have thought
that I was lost in South Africa.

And I'm sorry if that caused you pain.

Mama, I was lost

but slowly,
I'm beginning to find myself again.

And I think you will be proud of me.
I think father would be proud of me too".

[commentator] Unbelievably the Black Stars

now one match away to a fairytale final.

The underdog marches on.

Juba Matila with the winning goal!
We have Black Stars dream run continues.

They have their date with destiny.

- What's that?
- I got it from from a traditional healer.

I'll be good in no time.

Hey, that won't work.

-[Spkiri] Hey,
-[utensil clatters]

This cured my uncle's stomach problems.

Muti is good for a lot of things,

but not HIV.

I'm on ARVs.
If you don't take ARVs you'll die.

- [Ify] How are you feeling?
- [Kalu] Nervous.

We're up against Goodwill's eight boys.

Bye, Zandiwe. See you tomorrow.

- Honestly, they could kill us. [laughs]
- [Ify] They could.

You know,
you were never a good cheerleader.

You were never worth cheering for.

- So, will you come to the game?
- [Ify] I don't know.

Come on. I need my good luck charm.

I mean, there'll be scouts there, media.

nd since when am I your good luck charm?

- Since forever.
- Hmm.

[commentator] Good afternoon
and welcome to Orlando stadium.

Access Bank NebCup
final lists as the giants,

Silver Arrows prepare to take on
Black Stars. These are exciting times!

Okay guys, gather round.
[claps] I want you all to know,

no matter what happens out there,

I've never been prouder of this team.

You, you, you! No matter what happens,

- We are all winners!
- [team] Yes!

- Yes, sir!
- [Goodwill] The striker has a bad leg.

I will give ten thousand rands to anyone

who puts him on a stretcher,

even if you get sent off I don't care.

- Do you hear me?
- [all] Yes.

[suspenseful music playing]

Silver Arrows!

[commentator] All roads lead
to Orlando stadium this afternoon.

Nothing else in the country
matters as South Africa watches on.

- [Spkiri coughs]
- to see who of the two will come out of...

-Goodwill Manuye,
-[chocking] Let's go, boys!

- or Valentine Chukwu, time will tell.
- [Spikiri coughs]

[crowd cheering]

There is Kalu.

- That's my boy.
- Yes!

[commentator] The ball moving quickly
across and Lucas Chuma,

looking for the chance ever for a great
prospect of a goal but he missed out.

Come on! Okay, come on!

Looks like Kalu Kuminji is out of
his depths as is his team this afternoon.

Stay with him. Stay with your man.

Kalu, stay with him.

- What's wrong with you, boy?
- [upbeat music playing]

What are you doing?
I told you stay with your man!

...the inside game is attacking now.

Kalu Kuminji in front of him.

Oh, you see that!?
Went through passed him!

Curves him from the outside, it's
the opening goal!

[crowd cheering]

[upbeat music continues]

So the referee signals
the end of what has been

a dominant first half display
from Silver Arrows there

blown the Black Stars out the park
in the first 45. One has to wonder

if the side from the lower divisions can
come back to this match in the next half.

"Where is Kalu Kaminju?"
is what the Black Stars supporters

will be asking at this point.

And as for Silver Arrows,
they should be leading by more than

just one goal to nil.

- Hey, we can still win this.
- No, we can't.

They've got us paged.
Wherever we turn, they're there.

- They're too fast.
- [Kalu pants] They're too fast.

It might be true. Hm?

You might not win today.

But you guys have done
more than anyone ever thought you could.

No, it's not good enough, Coach.

I'm a painter, and I hate it.

I hate the overalls. I hate my boss.

And I hate the stupid truck
that keeps disappearing.

- [team members laugh]
- And I hate that you always laugh at me.

- Look, I know I'm a loser.
- [pensive music playing]

But you are too.
We all are bunch of losers.

That's why we look so pathetic out there.

It's because we know
we're losers and we expect to lose.

But then here is my problem.

This is my last season,
probably my last game.

I can't play anymore.

I'm just too old. So from tomorrow on,

I'm going to be a painter,
and I've accepted that.

But I don't feel like losing today, gents.

You wanna know why?

Because most of us here will
never be this close to victory ever again.

I mean, who would have thought
that a bunch of losers like us,

getting so close,
so close we can touch it.

It's not about the coach. Not about me.

It's about each and every one of us.

And if each man wins
his own little battle, the team wins!

Simple!

[muffled speech] And tomorrow
we go back to what we do,

at least we'll have something,
something that no one can take from us.

- We will be the losers who won!
- [pensive music continues]

- We are Black Stars!
- [all] Yes!

[all] We are Black Stars! Yes!

You can do this, Kalu.
You've come this far.

It just doesn't seem right today.

Stop forcing it.
Play the game you love and it will come.

Go.

[commentator] So
Access Bank knock-out Cup final, it is

The second half is upon us now.

Silver Arrow lead by a goal to nil,
so dominant in the opening half.

They deserve more than this.

But now
they need to build up on the second half.

And for Black Stars, they need to
change the game plan, change their tactics

because whatever they were doing in the
first half, was completely ineffective.

And for Silver Arrows, they'll
be looking to pickup where they left off

in the first half and that's
knocking on their door looking for goal.

Close him down now. Close him down!

Oh, what a challenge from Jabu Pazulu

Crowd cheering and it seems as though...

[background music plays]

Ball to the guy. Head to the guy!

- [crowd cheering]
- Come on!

Inside, inside!

The Black Stars are looking far more
fluid now. I mean, well past the hourmark.

The major difference here in the second
half is that the Stars seem to be playing

with a whole lot more belief
than what we saw in the first half.

Now Kalu Kaminju
gets on the end with Wallis,

- got to the 18 yard area... Wow! He's down!
- [whistle blows]

And a penalty, it has to be.
The referee points to the penalty yard.

And now the penultimate minute of this
game. They need that levelling goal.

They've built up
on such momentum. The man that is down,

Kalu Kaminju, has led
this side back into his match.

And the problem here to the Black Stars is

will he be able to get back on his feet

to take the penalty?

It seems that though the leg
that is injured is the one that has kept

him out of the game
for a period of three years.

I can feel the pressure
is starting to build for Black Star here

Palms will be sweaty,
the hearts will really be pounding.

I mean Jabu Pazulu and Zulu between them

It looks like they have not even
decided who's going to take the penalty.

This is tough times for
the Black Stars. They are the underdog.

[sobbing silently]

[groans in pain]

- [inaudible] Get up!
- [all noise muted]

- [in Zulu] Take the penalty.
- Hey man, go and take it.

- [crowd cheering commences]
- Take the penalty.

This is the stuff heroes are made of here.

Kalu Kaminju who looked
as though would not finish this game,

with seconds remaining on this match,

is back up on his feet.
His right leg seems to be okay.

And he seems to be
the man stepping up to the plate

for the big moment here.

[cheering intensifies]

It's Kaminju up against Vincent Dladla.

It's the moment of truth.
This could take the game into extra time.

Kaminju stepping up. Dladla on his line.

- Kaminju makes it one-one.
- [crowd cheering]

What a game we've got!

[crowd cheering]

[whistle blows]

There's a real sense of belief now
from the Black Stars side, I think

that the goal finally gave them
the belief that they needed.

No support for Kalu Kaminju,

coming up from the overlap, Jabu Pazulu.

It's very heavy times...

It's kicked in the line.

[heartbeat, silence]

- [cheering erupts]
- Click, click bang! A very last attack.

Black Stars have
clitched it, and there indeed is a heavy...

- [crowd cheering]
- ...spectacular!

And that is how you win a title!

We did it, boy!

We did it, Spkiri! We did it!

[all screaming, cheering]

[cheering continues]

[in Zulu] You're full of nonsense, man!

Why are you playing rubbish?
Huh? Hey, man!

Do you hear me? You played rubbish!

- [crowd cheering]
- Kalu!

[singing victory songs]

[players singing]

[players continue singing]

My good luck charm.

[Ify giggles]

["You're my life" music playing]

And cut.

And now you're signed up
with Arsenal. That's a great story.

Just one more thing.

What is the most important
lesson that you learned?

- I learned that...
- [soft music plays]

Knowledge is power.

["You're my life" music playing out]

Subtitles translation by: Regina Njoku