TCD meets filmmaker Alec Cutter: Inside Várzea, the soul of Brazilian grassroots football

Alec Cutter is the creator and director of Netflix’s The Root of the Game, a documentary series that explores the untold phenomenon of Várzea, the purest expression of Brazilian grassroots football. We sat down with Alec to learn about his filmmaking process, the chaotic world of football in the favelas, and his relationship with the world’s most fanatical football nation.