Synopsis

Narrated by former rugby champion, Ian Roberts, "Walk Like a Man" is a heartwarming sports documentary that traces the journey of two of the world's best gay rugby teams; defending champions, San Francisco Fog and feisty upstarts, Sydney Convicts as they prepare to battle in the World Cup of gay rugby - the Bingham Cup.

The Bingham Cup - a biennial international event - was conceived by San Francisco Fog, to honor their former team-mate Mark Bingham, a passenger on Flight 93 who courageously stormed the cockpit and prevented the hijackers from turning their flight into a terrorist weapon. Eight teams competed in the first Bingham Cup and four years later that number grew to thirty teams from around the world. What led to the creation of a thirty-team international tournament in just 4 short years?

In seeking to answer this question, we embark on a global journey where we get to know the men and women who are a part of this phenomenon. Each player - gay or straight, man or woman - seeks to belong to something bigger; a team, a club or indeed, a community. For some it's an opportunity to play a sport previously forbidden, while for others it's an opportunity to reclaim a dream, previously lost.

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