Spike Lee to direct Colin Kaepernick docu-series for ESPN
By Associated Press
LOS ANGELES: Spike Lee will direct a multi-part documentary for ESPN on Colin Kaepernick that options intensive interviews with the previous San Francisco 49ers quarterback and entry to his private archive.
ESPN Films introduced Tuesday that Lee would weave never-before-seen footage from Kaepernick’s archive to supply “a full, first-person account of his journey.”
Kaepernick final performed professional soccer in 2016, the identical yr he began kneeling in the course of the nationwide anthem to protest racial injustice. Although the NFL has inspired groups to have a look at Kaepernick, he has but to obtain one other professional contract.
No title or launch date for the docu-series was introduced.
Lee directed the 2009 movie, “Kobe Doin’ Work,” on Lakers nice Kobe Bryant. That movie examined Bryant’s work ethic and basketball prowess by a single Lakers recreation in opposition to the San Antonio Spurs.
