Netflix has confirmed the upcoming new series ‘Colin in Black & White’ based on Colin Kaepernick’s early years will debut in October this year. The news comes with a new teaser trailer “The Path is Power” which you can check below.
Jaden Michael will star as a young Colin Kaepernick during his formative high school years.
Colin in Black & White is six-episode series created by Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay. Michael Starrbury writes and serves as executive producer, alongside DuVernay and Kaepernick who will appear as himself as narrator of the series.
The series will provide an introspective look at Kaepernick’s adolescent years as a Black teen growing up with a white adopted family.
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.
Colin in Black & White will debut on October 29 on Netflix.
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