In the shocking new documentary Alliances Broken, the behind-the-scenes story of ‘the Fyre festival of sports’ is brought to light
“It was the wealthy trying to make more money off lower level people and they just used them,” 23-year-old film-maker Steven Potter says of his new documentary Alliances Broken. “Used them and abused them.”
His film follows the swift decline of the 2019 American football league, the Alliance of American Football. The film presents, as Potter characterizes it, a disastrous story of abusive avarice, promises broken and dreams dashed.
“It was the wealthy trying to make more money off lower level people and they just used them,” 23-year-old film-maker Steven Potter says of his new documentary Alliances Broken. “Used them and abused them.”
His film follows the swift decline of the 2019 American football league, the Alliance of American Football. The film presents, as Potter characterizes it, a disastrous story of abusive avarice, promises broken and dreams dashed.
- 8/11/2021
- by Dream McClinton
- The Guardian - Film News
"Just focus on selling tickets." 1091 Pictures has released an official trailer for a sports documentary titled Alliances Broken, from filmmaker Steven Potter, profiling the epic rise and fall of the Aaf. Described as the "Fyre Festival of sports", this documentary film takes us into the creation and collapse of the Alliance of American Football - another attempt to create something like the XFL, another football league for the spring. They only played for three months, wasted over $250 million, but is there more to the story of how it failed? Alliances Broken is a film that shares the stories of staff members and players who were affected first hand by the wake of the Aaf. Only those involved can tell the real story. Featuring appearances by Aaron Evans, Alex Orendorff, Benjamin Sturner, Bryan Woodfork, Chris Brown, & Chris Martin. It seems we're all fascinated by failure, and rather than learning from mistakes,...
- 5/25/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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