For many people, when they hear the name Colin Kaepernick, they’re familiar with his most recent work as an outspoken activist, who was seemingly blacklisted by the NFL after kneeling during the National Anthem. But as seen in the upcoming series, “Colin in Black and White,” Kaepernick has been dealing with race, class, and culture issues since he was a child.
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Co-created by Kaepernick alongside Ava DuVernay, “Colin in Black and White” is a coming-of-age series that follows the story of the young title character, as he deals with the obstacles that come with being a Black child adopted into a white family in the Midwest. The new series stars Jaden Michael, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Offerman, and Colin Kaepernick. “Colin in Black and White” is directed by a slew of talented filmmakers including Sheldon Candis, Robert Townsend, Angel Kristi Williams, Kenny Leon, and of course, Ava DuVernay, who directs the pilot episode as well as all of the present-day Kaepernick bits.
“Colin in Black and White” is set to debut on Netflix on October 29. You can watch the new trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
From co-creators Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick comes Colin in Black and White, a bold new dramatic limited series that chronicles Kaepernick’s coming of age story, tackling the obstacles of race, class and culture as the Black adopted child of a white family. Colin in Black and 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. You don’t know Kaepernick until you know Colin.