Dogwoof Boards Women’s Soccer Documentary ‘Copa ’71’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran London-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has deepened its involvement with “Copa ’71,” directed by Rachel Ramsay (“Clarkson’s Farm”) and James Erskine (“Billie”).
Dogwoof financed the project’s development through its production vehicle TDog and will now take it to market at the upcoming CPH:FORUM, CPH:DOX’s financing and co-production event, in March.“Copa ’71” recounts the story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, one of the most successful female soccer tournaments of all time, where lavish sponsorship, extensive TV coverage, merchandise on every street corner and over 100,000 fans turned the historic Azteca stadium in Mexico City into a cauldron of noise while a fawning media treated the players like rock stars.
In Aug. 1971, teams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark and Italy gathered in Mexico City for a watershed football tournament, which sparked the explosion of women’s football around the globe and was a catalyst that led to the 2015 Women’s World Cup final gaining TV audiences in America larger than the NBA Final.
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