It's available on the channel Al Jazeera English (subtitles in English) to Youtube, the documentary by Mohamed Kenawi about the team Tam Tam Basketball Castel Volturno (Caserta). An example of inclusion and social redemption through sport, being formed mainly by adolescents born in Castel Volturno by immigrants, mostly Africans, and without citizenship, who until a few years ago were even denied the possibility of playing basketball at a competitive level, which is now arriving on Qatari TV.
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Tam Tam Basket Castel Volturno, the documentary
It is entitled “Tam Tam basketball. The dream team”, not a coincidence, since the dream team would have remained such without the “tom tom” media, combined with the determination of the team's coach, the former basketball player Max Antonelli and to the sensitivity of some politicians like Michael Anzaldi, which have allowed things to change – in particular a rule of the Federbasket – giving the opportunity to the young people of Tam Tam, and also to many other kids in their same conditions, to be able to play in the youth basketball championships at regional and national level regardless of their nationality.
And for the “Tam Tam” fame has arrived. In the documentary, the Egyptian director Kenawi tells the mission, the training and the daily life of the coach Massimo Antonelli and young basketball players of Castel Volturno, which are currently around one hundred divided into four teams, three male (under 13, under 15 and under 17) and one female under 17, recently created; and mini-basketball will also start on Monday 31 October.
Tam Tam Basket Castel Volturno, coach Antonelli speaks
A team that many Italian boys from Castel Volturno are also approaching, which wants to continue to be an example of coexistence. Coach Antonelli reiterates the need for "Ius soli", and if this "instrument - explains - it is difficult to approve, even if I don't understand why, since we are talking about kids born in Italy and who speak and act like Italians, then Ius Scholae is also fine, but it seems to me more of a compromise solution. The important thing is that something is done".
Article published on 26 October 2022 - 12:14
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