East Palo Alto in northern California is the city with the highest concentration of Pacific Islanders outside of Hawaii. Amidst the enormous wealth of Silicon Valley, the city also has a reputation as a pocket of crime and poverty. Lady Razorbacks follows a diverse group of Fijian, Tongan and Samoan women in East Palo Alto – each of them fighting their own personal battles at home – who’ve banded together and found powerful connections and redemption on the rugby field.
How a group of women from the Pacific Islands find redemption on the rugby field
Director: Laura Green
27 July 2015
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