WASHINGTON, DC – College lacrosse was at the center of a significant storm in the early 1970s, a riveting story that is coming into full view for the first time on television with The Morgan Lacrosse Story, a new documentary film for PBS. The film chronicles the rise of the country’s first college lacrosse team at a prestigious and historically black university, Morgan State University. The Morgan Lacrosse Story is slated to air April 4 on PBS. Check your local listings for times.

The Morgan Lacrosse Story was produced and directed by Luke David, a Producer/Editor at TEAM Sound & Vision. David felt a responsibility to make the documentary after being deeply inspired by the book Ten Bears, co-written by Dr. Chip Silverman, the team’s coach, and Dr. Miles Harrison Jr. "It’s rare to get the chance to work on something that you want to be a part of, a legacy worth preserving," David says. "Once I became aware of this story, there was no way I was going to let it go, or leave it in someone else’s hands.

"With the archival resources that Chip had available, we knew we had to get things moving right away while everything was still intact. The real hook came once I started meeting the players and I realized how compelling they were as individual characters, let alone the civil rights backdrop of what they accomplished."

Dr. Silverman passed away on March 6, 2008. He was born in Baltimore and wrote a book prior to Ten Bears, called Diner Guys. Director Barry Levinson later turned Diner Guys into the Hollywood movie, Diner. From 1970-1975, Silverman was the coach of the Morgan State lacrosse team.

Dr. Miles Harrison Jr. played for Silverman from 1970-1971. In 2002, Harrison was the first of the lacrosse players to be inducted in to the Morgan State College Athletic Hall of Fame. Dr. Harrison is father to U.S. Men’s National Team player, Kyle Harrison.

Through the prism of a sport infused with the spirituality of its Native American roots, The Morgan Lacrosse Story, made possible by the creative inspiration of TEAM Sound & Vision and the generous support of Constellation Energy, the parent company of Baltimore Gas & Electric shows how this determined group harnessed the power of the game to change the college landscape forever.

To view the trailer, please visit http://www.teamgroup.tv/pages/spots/233/the-morgan-lacrosse-story.