The Longshots

[Machine Translation] The inspiring true story of the first ever female player in the historic football league. Directed by Fred Durst of the band "Limp Bizkit," a band that made a name for itself in its own right! This is an emotional sports drama based on Jasmine Plummer, the first ever female player in the Pop Warner League, the largest youth American football league. The main character, Jasmine, played by Kiki Palmer, is a female player who is still active today. The film carefully depicts how she was bullied as a child, but regains her energy and becomes stronger through encounters with her uncle and friends. --Jasmine ( Kiki Palmer ), a junior high school student, is a very quiet girl whose only hobby is reading books. Because of this, she is bullied at school. In addition, her father never comes home and her mother ( Tasha Smith ) runs a diner to make ends meet. However, life becomes difficult, and in order to keep the diner open at night, her mother asks her brother-in-law Curtis ( Ice Cube ), who is unemployed, to take care of Jasmine. Curtis agrees for the money, but as he talks with Jasmine, he remembers his past as a football player and begins to teach her the game...

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歴史あるフットボールリーグで史上初の女性選手を描いた感動の実話。一時代を築いたバンド"リンプ・ビズキット"のフレッド・ダーストが監督を務めた意欲作! アメリカンフットボールのユースリーグ最大組織"ポップワーナーリーグ"で史上初の女子選手、ジャスミン・プラマーをモデルにした感動のスポーツドラマ。キキ・パーマー演じる主人公のジャスミンは、現在も活躍している女子選手。いじめられっ子だった彼女が、叔父や仲間との出会いによって、元気を取り戻し強くなっていく様を丁寧に描いている。――中学生のジャスミン(キキ・パーマー)は本を読むことだけが趣味のとても大人しい女の子。そのせいか学校ではイジメに遭っていた。更に父親は家に戻って来ず、母親(タシャ・スミス)がダイナーを切り盛りして生活している。しかし生活が苦しくなり、母親は夜もダイナーを営業させるため、無職の義理の弟カーティス(アイス・キューブ)にジャスミンの面倒をみるように頼む。カーティスはお金目当てに承諾するが、ジャスミンと話しているうちに、自身がアメフト選手だった過去を思い出し、彼女にアメフトを教え始める・・・。