Jeremy Spear’s name is well known in Fastpitch circles (and not just for that home run he hit at last year’s ISC World Tournament). Spear is, of course, the director and producer of “Fastpitch” the movie, a feature length film about the game of fastpitch. Spear’s film might well have done more to acquaint the non-fastpitch world to the game than anything this century.
Since that time, Spear has been hard at work on another sports documentary, “Polynesian Power”. So while it’s not fastpitch, it is on ESPN, and made by one of fastpitch’s own, so we decided to mention here. Besides, there is plenty of great fastpitch being played in Polynesia, witness the strong showing by the team from Samoa in last year’s ISF competition.
Jeremy tells us: “Because of the initial contacts at ESPN with”Fastpitch” (they are still interested in screening it on ESPNClassic) I have had strong interest in my new project since I “pitched”it some 4 yearsago. ESPN purchased the film and it is finally ready to air. I think theFastpitch community will find it of interest.
Here are the details: 2TEAM Entertainment is proud to announce the debut of PolynesianPower:Islanders in Pro Football, a documentary chronicling the ascent of Polynesians in American Football. The film is narrated by “TheRock” ( not to be confused with this guy) and is scheduled to premiere on ESPN in February 2005.The film chronicles the personal journeys of two Samoan athletes,PisaTinoisamoa and Isaac Sopoaga, and the cultural grounding that defines their individual pursuits of athletic glory. ”
Produced and Directedby Jeremy Spear and Robert Pennington, Polynesian Power is a fascinating exploration of America’s diverse cultural base and the challenges of chasing dreams.
ESPN TV AIRDATES:
ESPN2 – Saturday February 12th, 8:00PM EST / 5:00PM PST /3:00PM HST (Hawaii)
ESPN2 – Sunday February 13th, 2:00PM EST / 9:00AM HST (Hawaii)
ESPN – Monday February 28th, 3:30PM EST / 10:30AM HST (Hawaii)
(Check your local listings for additional times & information) For more information please contact: mail@2teamentertainment.com
We encourage you to write to Jeremy and let him know if you watch it and what you thought of it. Think anyone would notice if “The Rock” threw out the first pitch at the ISC World Tournament? I’ll start the lobbying campaign today …..