Ecke des Monats: Der kleine Franz sucht seinen Uwe

Come then! My log does not judge! (The Log Lady, Twin Peaks)

Platzverweis: Back to the 80ies mit HFV, Bild und einem kühlen Holsten

Es gibt ja leider Dinge in unserer schönen Fußballwelt, die scheinen einen gar nicht mehr zu überraschen, geschweige denn zu schocken. Umso überraschter waren wir davon, dass wir wenig überrascht waren über die aktuelle Hamburger Wahl zum Spieler, Trainer, Scheidsrichter des Jahres. Die Ü-60 Herren der Vorstände namhafter Hamburger Institutionen wie dem HFV, der Bild Zeitung und der Holstenbrauerei haben sich die aktuelle Wahlfreudigkeit der HamburgerInnen gleich zu Herzen genommen und veranstalten im Jahre 2010 wieder einmal die verstaubte Auswahl männlicher Fußballtalente. Würde man jedenfalls anhand des Titels denken. Die Quoten-Frau Stephanie Gordon-Hall, die in der Katergorie bester Trainer zur Wahl steht, fällt jedenfalls erst auf den fünften Blick auf. Wenig würde es Kosten im Titel auf die Wahl von sowohl männlichen als auch weiblichen ProtagonistInnen des Hamburger Fußballbetriebs hinzuweisen: dann würden vielleicht auch bald mehr Frauen in der Vorauswahl nominiert werden.
Erstaunlich, dass man es so schwer schafft, den Wettbewerb zur Gleichberechtigung hin zu öffnen: selbst die Jury für die Vorauswahl der Kandidaten besteht ausschließlich aus männlichen Experten mit Sportbezug.

Ecke des Monats: Nach der WM ist vor DER WM!

To introduce this story, let me just say it encompasses the all-- it is
     beyond the 'fire', though few would know that meaning.  It is a story of
     many, but begins with one. (The Log Lady, Twin Peaks)

Im Abseits: Ginger Gentile about "Goals for Girls"

The documentarists Ginger Gentile and Gabriel Balanovsky, two filmmakers working in Argentina, shot "Goals for Girls" in 2009 in the Argentinian Villa 31 shantytown in Buenos Aires. The short movie was shown at several festivals and caused an uprise of an important topic: what are the actualities of young women and girls life and what are their future prospects? The girls in "Goals for Girls" are fighting for their space to score goals on the soccerfield and to develop goals in life, in a country, where soccer is highly identity-generating but mostly reserved to male players. We spoke with Ginger Gentile about the work on the film and her views on the developement of women soccer including the aspects of gender stereotypes.

Spielfeldschnitte: First of all, tell us a little bit about your background and recent works. What are you interested in?


Ginger Gentile: I grew up in a small town in New York and then went to Columbia University in New York where I studied history and was very involved in the student activism—from union organizing to fighting sweatshops, women’s rights, anti-colonialism. After graduating in 2002, I spent a summer waitressing and then headed down to Guatemala to study Spanish, and then spent a month in Cuba before going down to Buenos Aires. My plan was to stay for a few months, learn Spanish and then head back to New York. I never thought I would make Buenos Aires my home and become a filmmaker, with my own production company, San Telmo Productions, before the age of 30!

A lot of the films I make, especially, ‘The Hooker and the Transvestite’, (which I co-directed with Synes Elischka and Gabriel Balanovsky) involve sexual subjects that make some people uncomfortable. Talking about sexuality is less common than showing explicit images, and this short film talks about the suffering of sex workers but it is a comedy. I believe that showing victims doesn’t help anyone: it is better to tell a story with humor and that people can relate to.

Spielfeldschnitte: How did the project about girls soccer in Argentina start?

Gentile: In 2008 my husband, Gabriel Balanovsky, and I looked for a new documentary subject to make a short film and when we met these girls in the slum we were impressed by their energy and good humor. After we made a short film that you can see at http://www.goalsforgirlsthemovie.org that entered many international festivals, we decided to turn the story into a feature documentary.
Goals for Girls: The Movie follows the struggle of a group of girls from the infamous Villa 31 shantytown in Buenos Aires who want to play a sport that is off limits to women in Argentina: soccer. With humor and colorful imagery, this documentary explores what it takes for girls to score goals on the field and reach their life goals when their families and society sees them only as future maids, criminals or teenage mothers. The experiences of these “slum soccer girls” will not only be documented by, myself and co-director Gabriel Balanovsky, but the girls themselves will contribute though a video workshop where they will learn how to interview and do basic camerawork. The audience can get uncensored view into their world and the girls will begin to take back the narrative of their own lives.
The finished documentary will be released in June 2011, during the women’s world cup in Germany. 

- The girls in "Goals for Girls" talk a lot about discrimination; is this the reality for the most girls that play soccer in Argentina? 


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