The Last Taboo
2025•1h 34m•6.0•Released
Documentary
Hard to imagine, but true: According to current estimates, out of 500,000 active male football professionals worldwide, under ten (10) are openly homosexual. While homosexuality hardly plays a role in other areas of life today, the topic seems to be completely taboo in professional football. The feature-length documentary THE LAST TABOO lets those who broke exactly this taboo tell their very personal stories alongside Thomas Hitzlsperger. Like the British professional footballer Justin Fashanu (*1961 in London; † 1998 in London), who broke this taboo for the first time in 1990 and paid for it with his life. His niece Amal tells his story. Marcus Urban, on the other hand, was about to make the jump to the Bundesliga as a teenager and, by deciding to come out, he also went against his big dream. The stories of the US professional Collin Martin and the British player-coach Matt Morton, on the other hand, suggest that normality is not far away.
Director
Manfred Oldenburg
Languages
German, English
Studio
Broadview TV
Cast
Amal Fashanu
Self
Thomas Hitzlsperger
Self
Collin Martin
Self
Matt Morton
Self
Peter Tatchell
Self
Marcus Urban
Self
Vít Chalupa
Self
Tatjana Eggeling
Self
Morgan Hackworth
Self
Luděk Mádl
Self
Elijah Martin
Self
Per Mertesacker
Self
Dario Minden
Self
Babak Rafati
Self
Rolf Töpperwien
Self
Production
Company
Broadview TV
Producer
Leopold Hoesch
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