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Athena Film Fest: New York Premiere of ‘Copa 71’ to Kickstart Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
The New York premiere of "Copa 71," a documentary about the 1971 soccer Women's World Cup in Mexico City, will open the 14th Athena Film Festival.
“ Copa 71,” the Serena Williams-produced documentary that aims to shed light on the 1971 controversially unsanctioned Women’s World Cup, will have its New York premiere at the 14th annual Athena Film Festival, which will return on Feb. 29 and run through March 3. The Lily Gladstone-starring “ Fancy Dance,” directed by Native American Director Erica Tremblay, will make up one of the films screened in the narrative features collection. Alongside these are “In the End, We’re All Music” and Estefanía Contreras’ “Hummingbirds,” a coming-of-age tale set on the Texas-Mexico border, which will be featured in the shorts category.
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