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Kickoff : the Kök-Tash league / EPF Media ; Moving Mountains Films presents ; a film by Roser Corella & Stefano Obino ; director, Roser Corella, Stefano Obino.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Kyrgyz
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Women soccer players--Kyrgyzstan.
- Women soccer players.
- Women--Kyrgyzstan--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Sex role--Kyrgyzstan.
- Sex role.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (80 min.)) : sound, color
- Other Title:
- Kick-off
- Place of Publication:
- [Beverly Hills, California] : EPF Media, [2025]
- Language Note:
- In Kyrgyz and Russian, with English subtitles.
- Summary:
- In a small Kyrgyzstan village where women are bound by tradition, Gazi organizes a women's football tournament to empower them and challenge social taboos. Women of all ages are invited to participate, but the announcement sparks tension, as they must seek their husbands' permission. With no football experience, the women secretly train on the outskirts, away from the men, who are excluded from the event. activist organizes a women's football tournament to challenge these patriarchal traditions. Kick-Off demonstrates how athletics has the power to break taboos, while promoting gender quality in rigidly male-controlled societies.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Roser Corella ; editing, Stefano Obino.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 13, 2026).
- Publisher Number:
- em-16112 Docuseek2
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