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Copa 71 + Q&A with Swansea City AFC’s Senior Women’s team and Swansea
We are delighted that we will be joined on the evening by Swansea City AFC's Senior Women’s team and Swansea University’s Women’s AFC for a question-and-answer session. Hear about their experiences, challenges they have faced and how they have overcome them. Take this opportunity to hear all about football in Swansea and what the future holds for the sport and the Women that play the game!
It is August 1971. Football teams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark and Italy are gathering at Mexico City’s sun-drenched Azteca Stadium. The scale of the tournament is monumental: lavish sponsorship, extensive TV coverage, merchandise on every street corner and crowds of over 100,000 hollering fans turn this historic stadium into ‘a cauldron of noise and heat’ match after match. A fawning media treat the players like rock stars. The atmosphere is reminiscent of the greatest moments in international footballing history.
But this is a tournament unlike anything that’s happened before. The players on the pitch are all women. And it’s likely you’ve never even heard of it. This is Copa 71, the unofficial Women’s World Cup. Dismissed by both FIFA and domestic football associations around the world, this event has been entirely written out of history. Until now.
Filmmakers Rachel and James have worked together across a raft of sports features and series, including the 2020 Humanitas Prize winning THIS IS FOOTBALL; LE MANS: RACING IS EVERYTHING; SACHIN: A BILLION DREAMS and THE END OF THE STORM.
‘A defining moment in women’s sports history captured in 90 minutes of nostalgia and pure exhilaration.’ Dwight Brown, DwightBrownInk.com
‘An uplifting and eye-opening love letter.’ Dan Fienberg, Hollywood Reporter
‘With a relentless pace and plenty of kick, Copa 71 makes it easy to get swept up in the excitement.’ Stephen Saito, Variety
It is August 1971. Football teams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark and Italy are gathering at Mexico City’s sun-drenched Azteca Stadium. The scale of the tournament is monumental: lavish sponsorship, extensive TV coverage, merchandise on every street corner and crowds of over 100,000 hollering fans turn this historic stadium into ‘a cauldron of noise and heat’ match after match. A fawning media treat the players like rock stars. The atmosphere is reminiscent of the greatest moments in international footballing history.
But this is a tournament unlike anything that’s happened before. The players on the pitch are all women. And it’s likely you’ve never even heard of it. This is Copa 71, the unofficial Women’s World Cup. Dismissed by both FIFA and domestic football associations around the world, this event has been entirely written out of history. Until now.
Filmmakers Rachel and James have worked together across a raft of sports features and series, including the 2020 Humanitas Prize winning THIS IS FOOTBALL; LE MANS: RACING IS EVERYTHING; SACHIN: A BILLION DREAMS and THE END OF THE STORM.
‘A defining moment in women’s sports history captured in 90 minutes of nostalgia and pure exhilaration.’ Dwight Brown, DwightBrownInk.com
‘An uplifting and eye-opening love letter.’ Dan Fienberg, Hollywood Reporter
‘With a relentless pace and plenty of kick, Copa 71 makes it easy to get swept up in the excitement.’ Stephen Saito, Variety
6.30pm Full Price £7.75 Under 26 £5 Students £5
TALIESIN ARTS CENTRE
Swansea University
Singleton Campus
Swansea SA2 8PZ
Tue 21 May
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