DOCS+ 11 December COPA 71
★★★★★ “A documentary poised to change how the history of women’s sport is remembered.” - The Guardian
Presented by: DOCS+| 0 | OUNDLE: Fletton House (info) |
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| P | Wednesday 11th December, 2024 |
| N | Door time: 6:00pm Start time: 7:30pm |
| . | Film: PG |
| C | Film |
Event information
Told by the pioneering women who participated in it and built from archive footage unseen for fifty years, COPA 71 is the extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s Soccer World Cup, a tournament witnessed by record crowds that has been written out of sporting history – until now.
Crowds of over 100,000 roaring fans turned Mexico City’s legendary Azteca Stadium into a cauldron of noise, match after match, and the media treated the players like rock stars.
Competition sponsors were Martini & Rossi, the goalposts were painted in pink hoops, Denmark beat Mexico in the final – and England failed to progress beyond the group stage...
Although the tournament was hugely popular at the time, it was not supported – indeed it was decried – by the football establishment and the first “official” tournament was not held until nearly twenty years later.
This film, executive produced by Serena and Venus Williams, tells the story of a tournament on a global scale, viewed by record audiences, fizzing with the promise of a new future for women’s sport - and yet apparently deleted from history?
GUEST SPEAKER
Introducing the film this month is Dr. Tom McClelland, lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and a Director of Studies at Clare College Cambridge. His research covers a range of topics in philosophy of mind, psychology, metaphysics, aesthetics and applied ethics. Dr McClelland's presentation will take place BEFORE the screeing.
