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Losing the Marshes - A true story of the Olympics The filming concentrated on the legacy that has existed from Hackney's rich history, as well as involving itself in local projects that has brought what was and still is an enormously diverse and culturally rich community together.  Losing The Marshes is a documentary that assesses the promises made in the bid for the Olympic Games and whether these promises can and will be kept. Foremost however, it is a portrait of a deprived area in London and the people that work and live in it. The film starts 4 years before the Olympic Games opening ceremony. The community is filled with fear and apprehension about the upcoming Olympic Games which are to be held in their area – security and fences surround locations behind which transformations are occurring at a electric pace. The film centers on local residents and local community issues and their struggle to survive in one of Britain’s most deprived areas. The film pays special attention to football at grass roots level for which Hackney Marshes is known widely for and the impact that football, weather in victory or loss, has on its participants. /http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/jun/11/brazil-counting-cost-world-cup-olympics>