Hail to the Breadsticks!
Hail to the Breadsticks! poster: a cartoon father and son sit on a burgundy football helmet with a spray-painted question mark

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Hail to the Breadsticks!

Simpsons writer Donick Cary has loved Washington football since before he could walk. When his nine-year-old son Otis asked if the team's name was racist, and suggested they go ask Native Americans, it sent the two of them on a cross-country road trip. Everything you need to share the film or promote a screening is on this page.

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  • Formats9:16 vertical and 16:9 horizontal, MP4
  • Length2:08
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A Simpsons writer and his nine-year-old son set out to answer one question about their favorite football team: is the name racist? So they went and asked Native people. The Hail to the Breadsticks! trailer is here. Watch at HailToTheBreadsticks.org/watch @hailtothebreadsticks #documentary #whattowatch #httb

Donick Cary has loved Washington football since before he could walk. His dad passed it down to him, and he passed it down to his kids. Then his son Otis asked if the team's name was racist, and suggested they go ask Native Americans. Hail to the Breadsticks! follows that road trip, with over 50 voices from Native America and Washington football, including Deb Haaland, Sterlin Harjo, Tommy Orange, Graham Greene, Taboo and Ice-T. Watch at HailToTheBreadsticks.org/watch @hailtothebreadsticks #documentary #whattowatch #httb

If you grew up with the burgundy and gold, this one's worth your 86 minutes. A lifelong fan finally asks the question he never thought to ask, then sits down and listens to the answers. Hail to the Breadsticks! | HailToTheBreadsticks.org/watch @hailtothebreadsticks #documentary #whattowatch #httb

Otis was nine when he asked his dad a question a lot of grown-ups spent decades avoiding. What would you have told him? Hail to the Breadsticks! | HailToTheBreadsticks.org/watch @hailtothebreadsticks #documentary #whattowatch #httb

Best Feature Documentary at Black Hills Film Festival. Best Oklahoma Feature at deadCenter. Official selection at Nantucket, LANAFF, NatiVisions, Pathways and Pocahontas Reframed. Hail to the Breadsticks! | HailToTheBreadsticks.org/watch @hailtothebreadsticks #documentary #whattowatch #httb

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Credits

Theorem Media presents a Wauwinet Entertainment production in association with Seeing Red and Sugarshack 2000

Written and directed by Donick Cary
Produced by Josh Neuman
Executive producers Jill Karp, Brian Porter and Stevie Salas

Including Graham Greene, Charles Mann, Deb Haaland, Dexter Manley, Sterlin Harjo, Ice-T, Irene Bedard, Taboo, Crystle Lightning, PJ and Pat Vegas of Redbone, Hank Azaria, Hari Kondabolu, Steven Paul Judd, Kenneth Shirley and Indigenous Enterprises, Kimberly Guerrero, Janet Schmieding, Gregg Deal, Martin Sensmeier, Tommy Orange, Lindy Vision