In Football We Trust on PBS Hawaii 2/1 & 2/6
PBS Hawaii Presents: Independent Lens
Premiere: Monday, February 1 at 10:00 pm
Encore: Saturday, February 6 at 8:00 pm
Harvey Langi, Leva and Vita Bloomfield, and Fihi Kaufusi are high school athletes in Salt Lake City, Utah. They all have the same goal: to play in the NFL. According to the film, Samoans and Tongans in the U.S. are 28 times more likely to play football in the NFL than any other ethnic group. But with family expectations, gang violence and stigma, it isn’t an easy path.
PBS Hawaii spoke with filmmakers Tony Vainuku and Erika Cohn by phone about their first feature-length documentary. Read the interview here.
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