Tuesday, March 31st at 7:00 pm     

Director: Adriana Yañez

2024 Brazil | 78 minutes

When women’s football is outlawed in Brazil in 1941, the game is forced into the shadows until its re-legalization in 1979. This documentary follows the first players to return to professional competition, who were discovered young and asked to love a sport that did not love them back. Through archival photographs, headlines, and wide-ranging interviews, the film moves between past and present, revealing the cost of exclusion and the endurance of passion. A quiet act of resistance, and a testament to why these women and their game still matter. Audience Jury Best Film Award, 2024 Triadentes Film Festival; SoFoot award (Best Film), 2024 Thinking Football Film Festival; Best Feature Film, 2023 CINEfoot International Football Film Festival.

Other films by Adriana Yañez:

• A Crime Amongst Us (2020)
• Lampião’s Sandal (2014)

Find her on letterboxd: Adriana Yañez