New Hulu series "Algiers, America" follows Karr football team

• "Every single kid on this team has lost a family member or friend to gun violence, and many have lost multiple," Fager tells Axios of the 100-member football team.

Zoom out: In 2020, guns overtook car crashes as the No. 1 killer of children in America, according to a New York Times analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Black children in America are nearly six times as likely as white children to be killed by a gun, the New York Times reported.

• Karr is a predominantly Black high school.
• Two members of the Karr football team were killed during the time Fager was filming the students.

Background: Fager became enamored with New Orleans' high school football culture as a cameraman for WWL in the earlier years of his career.

• After spending a stint abroad for Vice, Fager's wife had a health scare that sent the family home to Louisiana, which is when Fager began scouting for his next project.

• Fager landed in front of Karr football coach Brice Brown, who immediately made an impression.
• "He told me he was making 250 peanut butter and jellies a day for his kids, and this is a team that had just won four straight championships in a row," Fager says. "But he said, 'If we decide to do this together, you're going to quickly realize this has nothing to do with football.'"

🎥 Watch the trailer for "Algiers, America: The Relentless Pursuit."