Film Screening: Soccer as a Global Phenomenon Conference

Date: 

Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: 

Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, Science Building, S183

"New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story"

Panel Discussion after the Film:

Megan Shutzer, Director.

Temryss Xeli'tia Lane, Masters Candidate in American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.

Yagmur Nurhat, Instructor in Sociology, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey.

"Soccer as a Global Phenomenon" is an examination of globalization through the prism of soccer. Complete program and registration available at http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/soccer2016.

Made possible by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, and Olympiacos Football Club, Greece.

Sponsored by the the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, Harvard University, with generous support from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; and Simmons College.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

This documentary is the story of Zanzibar's women's soccer team, the New Generation Queens. The movie examines the history and culture around women's soccer in Zanzibar. It also follows the team to mainland Tanzania, where the Queens participate in a tournament for the first time and several hope to be recruited to the Tanzanian national team. www.newgenerationqueens.com