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Synopsis: "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.
Director(s): Tony Vainuku, Erika Cohn (co-director)
Production: ITVS
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Year:
2015
87 min
88 Views


players in state history.

He barely played

at all last year.

Perhaps Langi saw this

as a good time

to serve a mission.

Exciting. Very exciting.

Let go of the things

he loved the most.

He loved to play football.

Loved school and loved Utah.

He can leave it behind...

his coaches...

his...friends,

girlfriends, Mom and Dad,

brothers and sisters, and...

oh, my gosh.

Harvey:
Mom.

Kalasita:
Uh-huh?

I'm trying to hurry up

and make this quick

so we can go to

the carnival after.

OK, then you need

to go and get ready.

I'm not getting ready

to open up my call, Mom.

I'm not wearing

a buttoned-up shirt

to open up a piece of paper.

So, just do what

Mom asks you to do.

I'll put on some socks,

and that's it.

Kalasita:
Go and put on

church clothes.

I'm not showering, either.

Kalasita:
No, son. Stop it.

Sorry we're so late.

We could not find your house.

It's OK.

How are you? Good.

Are you excited?

Yeah.

[Chatter]

Harvey:
A lot of people think

I'm just doing my mission

because maybe I'm scared

of football

or scared of not playing

because I didn't do good

my first year.

[Crying]

Harvey, voice-over:

I'm not scared.

I can still play ball.

I'm gonna be a running back.

I'm gonna show that Polys

can be a running back

in the League, and... and I know

I have the ability to do it.

[Chatter]

I'll be back in two years.

[Crowd cheering]

Vita, voice-over: Just being

an older brother

is a huge role in my family.

My dad always told me,

"Whatever you do,

your little brother's gonna do."

That's why I was

so mad at myself.

Oh, I'm so proud of you.

Oh.

Woman:
Vita!

[Cheering]

[Applause]

Vita, voice-over: It took him

to go down in a situation,

in a negative situation like

that, like the gun thing

that happened at school,

for him to change.

Hopefully he has changed.

Woman:
Sometimes

I can just feel it inside

It takes me by surprise

And I just can't hide

And sometimes

I get this feeling inside

It takes me by surprise

Woman:
And I just can't hide

Oh, my gosh! Oh!

Mwah mwah mwah mwah!

I missed you!

Hi!

What's up?

Hi!

Woman:
I, I, I, I, I

Just can't hide, hide

I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I

Just can't hide, hide

I, I, I...

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