Company: Livin’ Large Productions, LLC
Country: USA
Section: DOCUMENTARY GREAT CHAMPIONS
Discipline: American Football
Year: 2016
Director: Lara Slife
Editing: Lee Levin
Actors: Junior Seau, Coach Lou Holtz, Chris Fowler, Les Miles, Gary Barnett, Bill McCartney
Photography: Chris Lytwyn
Soundtrack: The Angel
Producer: George Antonopoulos
Coproducer: Lon Samuelson
Time: 110 min
Projection: Sunday 20 November – 18.30 – Sala Parlamentino
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Synopsis
An exhilarating sports documentary film about the first NCAA Samoan quarterback, Sal Aunese, who in 1989, takes a down and out team to the National Title – only not in the way that you may think. Sal Aunese was the University of Colorado’s star Samoan Quarterback who died of stomach cancer in 1989, and his team promptly dedicated their season to him. Through reflections from his friends, family, and teammates, as well as rare archival footage, the movie chronicles Sal’s rise to the top as one of his team’s most valuable players and his valiant battle with the disease. It is a rousing story of courage, friendship, and living life against the most brutal of obstacles.