The Storyville season of international documentaries continues with director Michael
Cordell's film about an Australian-rules football team's struggle to triumph over adversity.
The Footscray Bulldogs, whose ground is based in a rundown Melbourne suburb, have the odds stacked against them in several ways. Their difficulties -they last won a tournament in 1954, have injury problems and a chronic scoring record, and are facing near-bankruptcy- are compounded bythethreatofatakeoverwhich could see them merged with anotherteam.
Series editor Nick Fraser