Independent Lens

Season 17, Episode 8

Episode Title: In Football We Trust

Air Date: 2016-02-01

Overview:

Transporting viewers deep inside the tightly-knit and complex Polynesian community in Salt Lake City, one of the chief sources of the modern influx of Pacific Islander football players to the NFL. Shot over a four-year period with intimate access, this is the story of four young men striving to overcome gang violence and near poverty through the promise of American football.