Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick are those two people, and they’ve teamed up for a limited Netflix series on Kaepernick’s formative years.
Much of the series will focus on events in Kaepernick’s life that “led him to become the activist he is today,” Netflix said in its statement announcing the project.
Kaepernick acknowledged the forthcoming project and said working with DuVernay aligns with his belief that more Black people should tell Black stories.
Many, including Kaepernick, have accused the NFL and league owners of shutting him out of the league because of his activism, and he and former teammate Eric Reid filed a collusion suit, which they settled last year.
DuVernay is one of the people who’s been supporting Kaepernick during his NFL absence, and she boycotted the Super Bowl last year.
