COPA 71
Genre
Documentary
Running time
90 minutes
Year
2023
Language
English, Spanish, Italian and French
Country
United Kingdom
Director
Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine
Bio
Producer
Victoria Gregory, Jannat Gargi, Anna Godas
Cast
Scriptwriter
Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine, Victoria Gregory
August, 1971. FIFA may have refused to recognise the event as the first Women’s World Cup, but that didn’t deter the teams who came together from England, Argentina, France, Denmark and Italy to play against each other in Mexico. For the teams, it was a huge event: sponsorship was lavish, there was merchandise on every street corner, 110,000 roaring fans filled the historic Azteca stadium with noise and the players were treated like rock stars. In this captivating documentary, those pioneering women tell joyous stories of an international landmark event, while current players ask why they have never even heard of it. As a women’s event outside FIFA’s control, it was simply written out of football history – until now.
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