Join us for the Townsville Cinema Group screening of COPA ‘71.

Welcome to the screening commences at 7 pm. Come early to secure your seat/s. Viewing treats are available to purchase from the BCC candy bar.

Directors: James Erskine and Rachel Ramsay, 2023, UK, 91 mins, PG

The rip-roaring, shamefully-untold-for-decades story of the 1971 Women’s Soccer World Cup, revealed by the awe-inspiring players who competed in the tournament.

Why haven’t we heard about this global sporting contest, one of the first of its kind, that attracted over 100,000 fans to Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium? Because the players were women, and soccer has long been a man’s game. Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine’s film sets out to put the record straight – super timely given the sport’s newly minted popularity. Interviews expose systemic sexism and a governing body determined to undermine the women’s game. Shame on you FIFA. Threaded throughout is long-lost footage from the 1971 competition, so you can cheer with the crowd as these inspiring but spitefully disregarded pioneers take their rightful place on the world stage.

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