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Filmmaker Puts Focus on Kaepernick
Netflix series to
explore player’s
path to activism
(AP) — Colin Kaepernick
is joining with Emmy-winning
filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a
Netflix drama series about the
teenage roots of the former NFL
player’s activism.
“Colin in Black & White”
will examine Kaepernick’s high
school years to illuminate the
experiences that shaped his ad-
vocacy, Netflix said Monday.
“Too often we see race and
Black stories portrayed through
a white lens,” Kaepernick said
in a statement. “We seek to give
new perspective to the differing
realities that Black people face.
We explore the racial conflicts I
faced as an adopted Black man
in a white community, during my
high school years.”
Kaepernick, born to a white
mother and Black father, was
adopted in Wisconsin by a white
couple who moved to California
when he was a child.
In 2016, the San Francisco
49ers quarterback began kneel-
ing during the national anthem
to protest police brutality and
racial inequality, drawing both
support and criticism, with his
detractors including President
Donald Trump. Kaepernick be-
came a free agent in 2017 but
went unsigned.
Writing on the six-episode se-
ries was completed in May, the
streaming service said. DuVer-
nay, writer Michael Starrbury
and Kaepernick are the execu-
tive producers. Kaepernick will
appear as himself as the limited
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay (left) is working with Colin Kaepernick
in a new Netflix miniseries about the teenage roots of the
former NFL player’s activism. Netflix says the limited series,
titled “Colin in Black & White,” will examine Kaepernick’s high
school years. (AP photos)
series’ narrator, Netflix said.
Further casting details and a
release date were not immediate-
ly announced.
Kaepernick called it an hon-
or to collaborate with DuVer-
nay, whose credits include the
award-winning “When They
See Us,” which dramatized the
Central Park Five case, and the
Oscar-nominated documentary
“13th.”
“With his act of protest, Col-
in Kaepernick ignited a nation-
al conversation about race and
justice with far-reaching conse-
quences for football, culture and
for him, personally,” DuVernay
said in a statement. “Colin’s sto-
ry has much to say about identi-
ty, sports and the enduring spirit
of protest and resilience.”
Kaepernick, who led the 49ers
to the Super Bowl following the
2012 season, filed a grievance
against the league in 2017, con-
tending teams colluded to keep
him out. The sides reached an
undisclosed settlement in 2019.
The 32-year-old Kaepernick
still wants an opportunity to
play. A workout in Atlanta last
November that was organized by
the NFL turned chaotic and re-
sulted in no job offers.
In the aftermath of nationwide
protests following the death of
George Floyd, NFL Commis-
sioner Roger Goodell apolo-
gized to players for not listening
to them earlier and encouraged
them to protest peacefully.
Goodell says he’s encouraged
teams to sign Kaepernick.
“This young man is talented
enough to play in the National
Football League,” league exec-
utive Troy Vincent said recently.
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