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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
78 Views


Mr. Grosh and say,

"Hey, Mr. Grosh"...

Leva:
I'm not really

a student-athlete.

I think... I think of it

as a athletic student,

but it's cool.

[Chatter]

Vita, voice-over:

Me and my brother,

we're so different

from each other.

Like, we can't stand each other,

but... but when we're apart,

we go crazy.

When we do go out,

I always got to watch over him.

He doesn't think before

anything he does.

I'm not saying that

I'm perfect or anything,

but he's just dumber than I am.

Game announcer:
Leva Bloomfield.

Different announcer: Leva

Bloomfield... 80-yard touchdown

puts the Wolverines on top.

Number 7...

[Whistle blows]

Man:
I'm going hard,

hard, hard

I'm here with a dope rhyme

I'm filled

with this question

I'm going hard,

hard, hard, hard

[Music playing]

Man:
One of the things

that's part of our DNA

and our genetic makeup

is that we have a...

we have a chip on

our shoulder, you know?

We come from such a small place

that nobody knows who we are.

It creates this inner drive

of wanting to excel and succeed.

[Drums playing]

[Cheering]

[Cheerleaders cheering]

Kalasita:
Every home games,

as adult, is $6.00,

and all our kids, it's $5.00.

I went in myself and asked,

"Hey, Principal,

"this is how many

children I have.

"Is there any way they can work?

I can do anything.

I can help with barbecue."

He goes, "OK, Kalasita.

"Your family will pick

all the garbage in the stadium

after the game," you know?

Hey, kids!

What?

Make sure that side

is all clean!

Kalasita, voice-over:

The principal said,

"I'm not gonna pay you money,

but I will credit

here at Bingham."

Kalasita:
Right there,

under that chair!

Kalasita, voice-over:

We are the best

because we don't have the money,

but we... we have the heart.

Come on. Come on, girls.

Up front.

OK.

Go, Nonna. Go, Nonna.

Sam:
Good neighborhood,

but it's not easy.

There's not too many Polynesian.

There are only white people

staying around

in this neighborhood.

And they are rich.

Harvey, voice-over:

The Polynesians over here,

they all think you're all...

"Aw, he's whitewashing.

"He's hanging with all those...

all those white kids

"over there, man.

Screw him."

Sam, voice-over:
Since we

first moved over here,

I'm not trying to

put down my neighbors,

but they don't really like it

because they thought

our kids is too many.

Sam, voice-over:
Sometimes

they came and talked to me like,

"What are you doing?

"We don't really know which one

is your kids, you know...

all these kids

coming to your place."

I know how they think.

Maybe they think that

we are doing drugs

or I'm dealing drugs or anything

or something to make money

just because of

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