Colin Kaepernick’s Life to Become Netflix Series From Ava DuVernayPosted in Arts, Biography, Media Archive, Social Justice, United States on 2020-07-06 20:38Z by Steven |
Colin Kaepernick’s Life to Become Netflix Series From Ava DuVernay
The Hollywood Reporter
2020-06-29
Lesley Goldberg, West Coast TV Editor
‘Colin in Black & White’ will tell the story of the athlete and activist’s adolescent life.
Colin Kaepernick’s formative years are becoming a Netflix series.
The athlete and activist is teaming with Ava DuVernay for Colin in Black & White, a scripted limited drama that has been picked up straight to series at the streaming giant.
The six-episode series will examine Kaepernick’s adolescent life, focusing on his high school years and the acts and experiences that led him to become the activist he is today. Kaepernick will appear as himself as the narrator of the series, which will cast an actor to play the younger version of the star quarterback.
Kaepernick in 2016 protested racial injustice, police brutality and systematic oppression when he kneeled during the national anthem ahead of a San Francisco 49ers game. His act of protest was, at the time, considered polarizing with both NFL officials and fans, eventually drawing the ire of President Trump, who urged team owners to fire players who protest during the national anthem. Kaepernick became a free agent in 2017 and filed a lawsuit against the NFL and its owners, alleging that they colluded to keep him out of the league. He remains a free agent. More recently, in the wake of George Floyd’s killing at the hands of Minnesota police, Kaepernick has become another face of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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