UCLA

The Twelve Percent examines U.S. Samoan college students and the unique set of obstacles they have to overcome. By highlighting the lives, struggles, and successes of these students, my thesis film enables a critical examination of the social, political, and economic issues facing Samoans living in the continental U.S. It provides a powerful and uplifting narrative of Samoan youth navigating different paths than those illustrated in scholarly and community research and popular cultural representations.