An award-winning film about the first - unofficial - Women’s World Cup starts screening tomorrow throughout New Zealand.

The documentary, which tells the story of the 1971 Women’s Soccer World Cup, is executive produced by Serena & Venus Williams, and Alex Morgan.

Your club can organise a special screening as a fundraiser.

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Told by the pioneering women who participated in the tournament, and built from archive footage unseen for fifty years, this is the story of a tournament that has been written out of sporting history — until now.

The 1971 World Cup "Copa 71" was not sanctioned by FIFA, and women players were banned from taking part. Mexico’s biggest stadiums were filled — the 110,000-seat Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, and the 56,000-seat Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara — setting attendance records that still stand today.

The film will be playing at Tivoli Cambridge, Lido Hamilton, Luxe Papamoa, Luxe Tauranga Regent Te Awamutu and Mercury Twin Cinemas Whitianga

Watch the trailer here.

Article added: Wednesday 22 May 2024