Told through the stories of five former prisoners, this is the story of political activists sent to the notorious Robben Island prison in the 1960s by the apartheid regime, who rise above their incarceration by creating a football league and finding an outlet for their passion and commitment to discipline through the Beautiful Game.

Frank September and his roommates set out in an old Kombi to travel from Cape Town to Jozie (Johannesburg), but are soon lost and end up in Elim, a village populated by slave descendents. There, they meet a mysterious man who influences them deeply.