DuVernay previously created OWN’s “Cherish the Day” drama series as well as the long-running “Queen Sugar.” Her past directorial efforts outside of the streamer include “A Wrinkle in Time” (2018), “Selma” (2014), and “Middle of Nowhere” (2012), among others.
Previously, DuVernay and Netflix have released the limited series “When They See Us” and the feature documentary “13th. The limited series is executive produced by DuVernay, Kaepernick, and Michael Starrbury. Sheldon Candis directed Episode 2, Robert Townsend directed Episodes 3 and 4, Angel Kristi Williams directed Episode 5, and Kenny Leon helmed Episode 6. She directed the first episode and all of the present-day Kaepernick scenes. I couldn’t be happier than to tell this story with the team at Netflix.”ĭuVernay co-created the series with Kaepernick. “Colin’s story has much to say about identity, sports, and the enduring spirit of protest and resilience. “With 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,” DuVernay said in a statement last year. You don’t know Kaepernick until you know Colin.” ‘Colin in Black & White’ stars Jaden Michael as Young Colin before reaching the highest levels of American football as an NFL quarterback and becoming a cultural icon and activist Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker as his well-meaning parents Rick and Teresa and Colin Kaepernick himself, who appears as the present-day narrator of his own story, guiding viewers through a robust and colorfully presented array of historical and contemporary contextual moments. Per Netflix, the limited series “chronicles Kaepernick’s coming of age story, tackling the obstacles of race, class, and culture as the Black adopted child of a white family. Netflix unveiled the trailer for the six-episode limited series on Tuesday, October 11. Ava DuVernay’s latest Netflix project will examine the life and career of civil rights activist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick via “Colin in Black & White,” which is slated to premiere October 29 on Netflix.