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The Kick-Off (2019)
The Kick-Off stars LOLA, a 16 year old star soccer player eager to sign onto a college team. She and her single-mother JADA reside in northern CA and have pretty much always struggled to make ends meet. Her father OLIVER left when Lola was only eight years old and moved to San Diego. Lola hasn't spoken with him since. She is extremely motivated to not only go to college, but to play on a college soccer team. Her dreams start to seem like reality when she gets invited by three schools in San Diego to visit their campus' and meet their teams. Once she arrives in town, her excitement disappears once she realizes that her arrangements fell through, leaving her with only two options. Either go home and miss these college opportunities, or stay with her father Oliver and go on her college tours. —Abby Victor
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The Kick-Off stars LOLA, a 16 year old star soccer player eager to sign onto a college team. She and her single-mother JADA reside in northern CA and have pretty much always struggled to make ends meet. Her father OLIVER left when Lola was only eight years old and moved to San Diego. Lola hasn't spoken with him since. She is extremely motivated to not only go to college, but to play on a college soccer team. Her dreams start to seem like reality when she gets invited by three schools in San Diego to visit their campus' and meet their teams. Once she arrives in town, her excitement disappears once she realizes that her arrangements fell through, leaving her with only two options. Either go home and miss these college opportunities, or stay with her father Oliver and go on her college tours. —Abby Victor
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Abby Victor
In Theaters:5/19/2019
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Runtime:12 minutes
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