TRAILER: PINK CARD

30 for 30 Podcasts

ESPN

Sports

4.5 • 9.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

In Iran, women are banned from soccer stadiums. But some dare to defy that. From 30 for 30 Podcasts, Pink Card tells a story of Iranian women fighting for their rights across three generations. They use ingenious tactics and risk their lives to take back their stadiums and their joy in the game. Created by Shima Oliaee (Dolly Parton’s America, Radiolab), Pink Card will forever change how you see fandom and freedom. Available December 8th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sports can unite a family.
0:04.0	Mom, get the ball.
0:06.0	I love you.
0:07.0	I have to shoot that song.
0:08.0	A city, a nation.
0:13.0	But what if I told you,
0:15.0	any wrong, women are cut off from that?
0:25.0	They are banned from attending soccer games.
0:28.0	The joy was forbidden, basically.
0:31.0	What is the meaning of that?
0:34.0	That is how they control you.
0:37.0	Women can't even enter the National Soccer Stadium.
0:41.0	And that stadium is named Azadi, meaning freedom.
0:51.0	Some women have dared to defy that ban.
0:53.0	Police pushed us and wanted to close the game.
0:58.0	They let us through.
1:03.0	For more than 40 years, they have fought back.
1:06.0	We were so angry.
1:09.0	If he could grab you, definitely he would kill you.
1:12.0	They've even risked their lives.
1:15.0	Very serious.
1:16.0	War with dictatorship.
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