{"id":156329,"date":"2025-03-25T19:54:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/the-forgotten-womens-football-film-banned-in-brazil\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T19:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:54:31","slug":"the-forgotten-womens-football-film-banned-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=156329","title":{"rendered":"The forgotten women\u2019s football film banned in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcocdn.com\/tco\/images\/Huck\/still-9_pqn.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What actually pissed off the dictatorship\u2019s censorship bureau was <em>Onda Nova\u2019s<\/em> laidback attitude towards queerness. \u201cThere\u2019s a whole women\u2019s football team, and they talk about everything so naturally,\u201d explains Martins. \u201cThey talk about abortion, they have sex freely, there\u2019s queerness in the film, and there are football players cross-dressing. That would be unthinkable even today because of commercial contracts. Basically, [censors] couldn\u2019t just cut one thing or another, so they banned the whole film.\u201d Martins and his co-director underwent the months-long process of appealing the censorship; a few months into this fight, he says, \u201cpornographic films were liberated in Brazil.\u201d By the time <em>Onda Nova<\/em> had been freed, the film\u2019s momentum was dead. \u201cWhen the film was finally released, the theatrical market had changed completely. You had hardcore porn, or you had films with no sex at all. Films like <em>Onda Nova<\/em> are seen as soft porn, so that\u2019s why it flopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Things have changed exponentially since the \u201880s, and <em>Onda Nova<\/em> is enjoying a new, international fanbase. Martins is packing to fly to London as we speak, and he has \u201cgreat expectations \u2013 I think England has more or less the same relationship with football as Brazil. People play it because they like it, not just because they see it as a possible profession.\u201d Both BFI Flare film screenings are sold out, indicating a big queer fanbase, too. It\u2019s not hard to see why: the humour is tongue-in-cheek, and the acting is gloriously camp \u2013 Lilli\u2019s mother in particular is at her pearl-clutching best, screaming at her daughter: \u201cYou ungrateful lesbian!\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Debates around inclusive football \u2013 specifically trans inclusion \u2013 in football continue to rage, but films like <em>Onda Nova<\/em> strip away the prejudice and celebrate the beautiful game as a hub for community-building, queer joy, and an industry in which women can excel, if they\u2019re given fair access and opportunities. \u201cI can even say,\u201d whispers Martins with a grin, \u201cthat the women\u2019s Brazilian football team is better than the men\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What actually pissed off the dictatorship\u2019s censorship bureau was Onda Nova\u2019s laidback attitude towards queerness. \u201cThere\u2019s a whole women\u2019s football team, and they talk about everything so naturally,\u201d explains Martins. \u201cThey talk about abortion, they have sex freely, there\u2019s queerness in the film, and there are football players cross-dressing. 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