Colin Kaepernick Goes Back to His Youth in Netflix Series First Look

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Netflix’s upcoming series Colin in Black & White, which follows the formative years of NFL quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick, will debut on Oct. 29.

On Thursday, the streamer released first look photos of the scripted limited drama, from co-creators Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay.

The six-episode, half-hour series will explore Kaepernick’s adolescence, zeroing in on his time in high school and the coming-of-age experiences that informed who he is now. The Super Bowl quarterback and racial justice advocate narrates the series, while Jaden Michael plays a young version of the activist-athlete.

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"It’s a deeply collaborative process, not much different than the way that I approached working with the Exonerated Five on When They See Us,” she said. “We’re working with a nonlinear format. You’ll see it as not just a straight story, there’s nonlinearity and genre-hopping within the piece. All of those conversations and the experimentation were something that we did together.”

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