Synopsis
Directors: Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine
Producers: Victoria Gregory, Jannat Gargi, Anna Godas
Executive Producers: Serena and Venus Williams
United Kingdom, 90 min, 2023
One of the greatest international sporting events you’ve never heard of: Copa 71 chronicles the exciting, monumental moment in 1971 when female soccer teams from around the world gathered in Mexico City to compete in the first unofficial Women’s World Cup. Told by the superstar athletes who participated in the tournament, the film captures the suspense and heated competition in the matches, along with the women’s exhausting fight against institutional sexism off the field. As one Danish player testifies, “I can knit and use a chainsaw… I don’t want to be put in a box.” Filled with captivating never-before-seen archival footage, Copa ’71 is like “the Summer of Soul of women's athletics” (The Wrap), “brisk and rousing” (Variety), “uplifting and eye-opening” (The Hollywood Reporter), and “thrilling not just as a vivid work of montage, but also for reintegrating these lost chapters into our collective cultural memory” (Sight and Sound).
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