The new docuseries “We Are: The Brooklyn Saints” follows a youth football team in the Big Apple Youth Football Conference as it tries for a national championship. It’s a team that doesn’t have a corporate sponsor. The sponsors are the coaches, parents and community.
Rudy Valdez directs the four-part series for Netflix. Valdez tells George Whipple the group is using football for a brighter future.
“The series is about having a voice and controlling your narrative and really telling a story about a community like East New York. What’s very important is football doesn’t use them: They use football. Football is a tool for them to open
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