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7.8/10 • 7

2024-03-081h 31m

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The greatest sporting story you've never heard of.

The extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which was held in Mexico City and witnessed by more than 100,000 fans. This landmark tournament was dismissed by FIFA and written out of sports history – until now, with dazzling archival footage and interviews with the former players.

Directors
James Erskine, Rachel Ramsay
Editors
Mark Roberts

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Brandi Chastain

    Brandi Chastain

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  2. Nicole Mangas

    Nicole Mangas

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  3. Silvia Zaragoza

    Silvia Zaragoza

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  4. Alex Morgan

    Alex Morgan

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  5. Carol Wilson

    Carol Wilson

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  6. Elena Schiavo

    Elena Schiavo

    Self

  7. Ann Stengard

    Ann Stengard

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  8. Birte Kjems

    Birte Kjems

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  9. Elvira Aracen

    Elvira Aracen

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CinemaSerf

Mar 16, 2024

7/10

It's quite interesting that even now, there are those amongst the footballing establishment who dismiss this competition as little better than an unsanctioned exhibition event of no consequence whatsoever. If you watch it, however, you can't help but get a sense of the pride with which the women from six teams assembled in Mexico to play. James Erskine et al has done a quite an effective job tracking down many of the players who took part and at finding some grainy, but perfectly watchable, archive of the games and of the celebratory nature of the hosting country back in 1971. The narrative and commentaries take a pretty firm swipe at the men-only culture that prevailed in the sport - and amongst most of their advising medical professionals - which limited women's participation in the sport and though the film make precisely no attempt to balance it's clear objective with any counter-arguments about the perceived dangers to women players, or feature any interviews with anyone from FIFA or UEFA regarding their decision making rationale, this still makes for quite a powerful depiction of just how inclusive football, as a sport, can be. The contributors are engaging and as one Dane points out - she can knit and she can use a chainsaw, so why not play football?

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
sportswomen's rightswomen's sportsgender inequalitysport