Adriana Yañez
Director
Country
Brazil
Format
Feature film
Year
2023
Duration
1 h 18 mins
Previous Festivals/Awards
Audience Award, 2024 Mostra Tiradentes
Stream
Icons
Interests
Latinx, Lesbian, RE:Focus
The First Women follows a group of women nearing their 60s who live in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro and share a common past: they were a part of the first ever women’s soccer team in Brazil. However, travelling around the world playing football in the 1980s and ‘90s did not guarantee them any notoriety. Today, most of them make their living from informal jobs, such as street vendors, Uber drivers, chefs, and construction workers. The film intimately reflects on the past, while following present day routines alongside consecutive matches played by the Brazilian men’s team in the World Cup. What is revealed is the incredible, and previously ignored, history of the first female national team to represent the country of football.
North American Premiere
May 26, 2024 4:45 pm TIFF Lightbox 2 350 King Street West Toronto ON
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