{"id":685,"date":"2020-06-30T06:54:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T20:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=174770"},"modified":"2020-10-29T15:27:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T15:27:38","slug":"colin-kaepernick-ava-duvernay-colin-in-black-and-white-tv-show-netflix","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/colin-kaepernick-ava-duvernay-colin-in-black-and-white-tv-show-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"13th Director Ava DuVernay To Team Up With Colin Kaepernick, Producing Series About His Teenage Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_174772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174772\" style=\"width: 6000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-174772 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-1147443565.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Kaepernick\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4247\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MAY 06: Colin Kaepernick attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even a public plea from LeBron James hasn\u2019t seen NFL officials apologize to Colin Kaepernick. But the former star quarterback \u2013 who famously knelt during the national anthem at a game in silent protest against police brutality in black America \u2013 now has a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>Kaepernick has officially teamed up with <em>13<sup>th<\/sup><\/em> and <em>When They See Us<\/em> director Ava DuVernay to produce a limited series about his teen years on Netflix. The duo are reportedly long-time friends and will collaborate on a scripted six-part series called <em>Colin in Black &amp; White.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith his act of protest, Colin Kaepernick ignited a national conversation about race and justice with far-reaching consequences for football, culture and for him, personally,\u201d said DuVernay in a statement a couple of hours ago. \u00a0\u201cColin\u2019s story has much to say about identity, sports and the enduring spirit of protest and resilience. I couldn\u2019t be happier than to tell this story with the team at Netflix.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He would grow up to play in the Super Bowl and realize you never stop fighting for your dreams.<\/p>\n<p>She would grow up to tell stories that matter to millions.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kaepernick7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Kaepernick7<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ava?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@ava<\/a>, the dramatic scripted series Colin In Black &amp; White follows the H.S. years of Colin Kaepernick. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eb75RkuW2H\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/eb75RkuW2H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Netflix (@netflix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/1277610279044448257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The series will hunker down on Kaepernick\u2019s upbringing, from being adopted into a white family to his introductions into football, basketball and baseball in Turlock, California. <em>When They See Us<\/em> writer Michael Starrbury has penned the script which says to focus on the influences and circumstances that shaped the man Kaepernick became.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve long been fascinated by how people become who they are,\u201d DuVernay wrote on an Instagram post announcing the news. \u201cThe steps we all take to get to ourselves. When it comes to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kaepernick7\/\" target=\"_blank\">@kaepernick7<\/a>, those steps track the making of a singular American icon. This series is the origin story of a hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174771\" style=\"width: 3560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-174771 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-1206309366.jpg\" alt=\"Ava DuVernay\" width=\"3560\" height=\"5304\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA &#8211; FEBRUARY 09: Ava DuVernay attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 09, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Karwai Tang\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cToo often we see race and black stories portrayed through a white lens,\u201d said Kaepernick in a statement. \u201cWe 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. It\u2019s an honor to bring these stories to life in collaboration with Ava for the world to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While scripts were completed just last month, the former San Francisco 49ers star says it\u2019s been a project he\u2019s working on for a year. There\u2019s actually no word on whether DuVernay will direct the series but it\u2019s highly likely.<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colin Kaepernick Takes a Knee for National Anthem\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bBdoDOXMWkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":686,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ava DuVernay, Colin Kaepernick To Produce Show About His Early Years<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kaepernick has officially teamed up with 13th and When They See Us director Ava DuVernay to produce a limited series about his teen years on Netflix. 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