Centerpiece: Copa 71

Rousing and infuriating, Copa 71 unearths 50-year-old footage of the forgotten women’s World Cup series that took place in Mexico in 1971. Six countries participated—Argentina, Denmark, England, France, Italy, and Mexico—and the filmmakers interview representatives from each team to reflect on the difficulties they encountered as female athletes as well as the tremendous joy they got from playing. Interspersed with their recollections are thrilling sequences of the matches themselves as well as the sexist and short-sighted legislation and opinions of powerful organizations like FIFA that tried to keep the women off the field. Executive produced by Serena and Venus Williams, who understand a thing or two about women in sports, Copa 71 reclaims and recenters a pivotal event in athletic history and will hopefully provoke change in a domain where white men still hold much of the power.