Polynesian Power

Narrated by Dwayne Johnson, Polynesian Power chronicles the ascent of Polynesians in American football and the cultural history that defines this journey. Profiling two Samoan athletes Pisa Tinoisamoa and Isaac Sopoaga--one from the islands and one from the 'hood--Polynesian Power explores America's diversity and the challenge of chasing dreams.

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• Hawaii
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• The Rock
• Dwayne Johnson

[petejtait]

Fantastic!!!! Will follow your postings of vids!! Thank you!!

[piccom1]

@petejtait Thank you very much! We're glad you enjoy our videos :)

[frost685]

is this a dvd i can get somewhere??

[piccom1]

@frost685 PIC acquired the rights from ESPN to show it on public TV for a couple of years, but we no longer have the rights. Unfortunately, we've done some research but can't figure out how you'd be able to get a copy. We're sorry we can't be of more help! Good luck!

[piccom1]

Many thanks to @LifeFilms for pointing us to Polynesian Power online: video.google.com/videoplay?doc­id=-7683092806794054030

[Hiloboy456]

FYI- According to scientists based on culture and language we fall under a different category. Not polynesian but austronesian. Austronesian nations include: taiwan, all the filipine islands, guam, indonesia, malaysia, new zealand, parts of vietnam and cambodia, madagascar, samoa, tonga, fiji, cook island, hawaii, papa new guinea, etc. Hey we are all ohana.

[destroyxeverything]

Here's my assumption.

Polys who have "nappy" hair similar to negroes have Melanesian ancestors.

Polys who have straight hair don't have that much Melanesian ancestors.

Melanesians were the first in the islands before Polys sailed from Taiwan(or South America based on some theory). As they sailed from Africa first haha.

"Mata" means Eye in every Austronesian sub group of language. The language consist of words repeating itself like "huruhuru" 4 e.g

SEAsian looks more Islander than Mongoloid.

[LearTheBeast]

anyone know where I can download the full version of this song?

[jackalan88]

this is a cool trailer.I want to download the song.

[fusionxx1000]

Polynesians are austronesian in language only. They are physically very different from other austronesians and melanesians.

[seafoodlover4]

@maoripride2themaX whats wrong w/that? at the end of the day were all polynesians! n u should be proud that samoans are sharing n exposing ur culture to the world, since the whole wolrd dont know wtdf is maori. Samoans are the ones that's makin it big out in NZ ..so stop the hate! n love ur fellow poly brattha.

[SanFranGirl1982]

@nahuluunit Just the ones who play football. Helps save money on airline tickets. :)

[SanFranGirl1982]

There needs to be an extended version of this song.

[xXJAK3D0ggXx]

For some reason my dumb ass Mexican freinds think Samoans eat dogs but we don't Asians do

[elyonmotu51]

@Hiloboy456 well the fuken scientists are dumb as fuck..we're polynesians

[SouthStags88]

@maoripride2themaX you must be an idiot you thnk the Maori are the only Polynesians with a war dance.