Mobile native Leland Hall’s first documentary, "Warriors," follows the 2009 Davidson Warriors, which included future San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl LIV teammates Jimmie Ward and Jaquiski Tartt.

"Warriors is more than a football documentary. It is a story about the community that shapes young men, the adversity they overcome and the brotherhood that remains long after the final whistle.”

Locals can check the documentary out this weekend as part of the Fairhope Film Festival. The Fairhope Public Library will be hosting a premiere at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, while there will also be a free panel at The Book Cellar at Page & Palette at 9 a.m. on Saturday and a screening at the AMC Mobile 16 at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Tickets for the Fairhope library screening can be found here, while tickets for the AMC showing can be found here.

"Warriors" chronicles the 2009 W.P. Davidson High School football team in Mobile; a talented squad chasing a state title, and the young men behind the helmets.

Two of those players, Jimmie Ward and Jaquiski Tartt, became NFL teammates with the San Francisco 49ers and played together in Super Bowl LIV.

The film's heart is the whole roster: the coaches, mentors, families and neighborhoods that shaped them. It explores the pressure on young athletes, the history of racial integration at Davidson, Mobile's athletic legacy and life beyond football.

Currently based in Los Angeles, Hall attended W.P. Davidson High School before studying at Florida A&M University and the University of Southern California.

"Warriors" is Hall's first documentary, with his passion for film-making being deep-rooted:

"Leland Hall's love of film started at home, watching movies with his father, Timothy Hall Sr.

Growing up in Mobile, he learned early that a good story can carry a whole community: its pride, its pressure and its people.

He carried that into W.P. Davidson High School, where he played football alongside teammates whose paths would later inspire his first documentary.

After attending Florida A&M University, Leland earned a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production from the University of Southern California.

In Los Angeles, an internship at HBO grew into a role in the network's original comedy programming. He went on to work with filmmaker, playwright and author David E. Talbert.

WARRIORS brings all of it together: formal training, real industry experience and a story he lived firsthand.

The film follows the young men of the Davidson Warriors, including future NFL teammates Jimmie Ward and Jaquiski Tartt, through brotherhood, adversity and the pull of a city that shapes its athletes.

For Leland, it is more than a first film. It is a homecoming."