Seven-time Major winner Venus Williams recently expressed pride at her recent venture ‘Copa 71’, a sports documentary that she co-produced with younger sister Serena and football star Alex Morgan.
Venus is one of the best tennis players in the history of the sport. Having said that, her exploits are not limited to the court. She founded her clothing brand ‘EleVen’ 17 years ago, which unfortunately ceased its operations earlier this month.
Aside from her interest in fashion, Venus Williams also co-produced Copa 71 with Serena Williams and Alex Morgan. The documentary film, which told the extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s Soccer World Cup, has been making waves recently. Its rights were recently acquired by Greenwich Entertainment, a US-based independent film distribution company specializing in narrative and documentary feature films.
Against that background, Venus took to her X account to celebrate the sports documentary being exhibited in theatres countrywide. She also remarked that “women can achieve anything, despite all odds”.
The documentary film, set in Mexico, is directed by James Erskine and Rachel Ramsay and stars footballers like Brandi Chastain, Elvira Aracen, and Birte Kjems. Interestingly enough, Serena Williams narrated a few parts of the documentary film.
Westbrook Studios was the production house behind financing and promoting Copa 71. For those unaware, they also produced the award-winning biopic ‘King Richard’, which chronicled the life of Serena and Venus Williams’ father Richard.
Meanwhile, Venus Williams has not played a professional tennis match since suffering a 1-6, 1-6 blowout loss to Belgium’s Greet Minnen in the first round of the 2023 US Open. She will, however, make her much-awaited comeback at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells next month.
