Title: In Football We Trust
EXTERNAL URL: IMDB | TMDB
Languages: English
Genres: Documentary, Family, Sport,
Runtime: 1:27:00 Hour
Cast: Leva Bloomfield, Vita Bloomfield, Fihi Kaufusi
Directors: Tony Vainuku, Erika Cohn
Rating: 7.2 (80 Votes)
Year: 2015
Summary: "In Football We Trust" captures a snapshot in time amid the rise of the Pacific Islander presence in the NFL. Presenting a new take on the American immigrant story, this feature length documentary transports viewers deep inside the tightly-knit Polynesian community in Salt Lake City, Utah. With unprecedented access and shot over a four-year time period, the film intimately portrays four young Polynesian men striving to overcome gang violence and near poverty through American football. Viewed as the "salvation" for their families, these young players reveal the culture clash they experience as they transform out of their adolescence and into the high stakes world of collegiate recruiting and rigors of societal expectations.
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