The Anderson Monarchs (2013)

The Anderson Monarchs is about an allgirls soccer team competing living and thriving in an atrisk urban neighborhood in Philadelphia Nominated in 2008 by Sports Illustrated as Sports Team of the year they were also hailed as the future of American Soccer in the London newspaper The Guardian The documentary follows two girls Jlon age 11 and Kahlaa age 10 through their formative years from 2009 to 2011 As the girls grow as soccer players they learn more about their own abilities Bodies and minds become healthier aspirations grow and new dreams are formed Barriers start to fall by the side as they become confident in school Marian Anderson when asked about the time when she was denied the right to sing in Constitution Hall in Washington DC replied I had no bitterness and I have no bitterness now because we look for bigger things and if youre all right on the inside