Author and Academic Adventurer
ON AGGREGATE is the saga of the Qarabağ-Ağdam ‘Horsemen' refugee football (soccer) club from post-Soviet Azerbaijan that has not played a ‘Home Game’ since its native city of Agdam was destroyed and occupied during the vicious Karabakh (Qarabağ) War in July 1993.
Despite this trauma, in 2014/15, The Horsemen clawed their way to the soaring heights of the Group Stage in the Europa League, playing against giants such as the Ukrainian Dnipro, the French St Etienne and the legendary Inter-Milan of football-obsessed Italy--before having further glory snatched away by a blatantly bad call in overtime in their last match.
Director Goltz traveled with the Horsemen throughout the 2014/15 season to produce this prize-winning 53-minute documentary film, which is about far more than football/soccer; it is about gritty determination and resilience in the face of loss, and ultimately about conviction.
Here is the Vimeo link to the 2 minute trailer: https://vimeo.com/152029246
Enjoy!
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