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Copa 71 movie review & film summary (2024)

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This international social disbarment was coupled with an institutional ban as well. In 1921, the Football Association of England banned women from partaking on official member grounds (the most accessible fields)—a ban that did not lift until 1970.  Along with the many social movements of the 1960s, women’s soccer teams began to form during the … Read more

TIFF 2023: In the Rearview, Flipside, Copa 71 | Festivals & Awards

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It feels like “Flipside” started as a documentary on jazz photographer Herman Leonard, but Wilcha, who helped produce the influential “This American Life” with Ira Glass, realized there wasn’t enough there when Leonard passed to form a full feature. The film reveals that it was actually the legendary David Milch who asked Wilcha to make … Read more