The Ava DuVernay limited series Colin in Black & White, which chronicles the coming-of-age story of Colin Kaepernick, premieres on Netflix Oct. 29. Jaden Michael plays the young Kaepernick.
There are six 30-minute episodes.
Kaepernick was a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and kneeled during the national anthem to protest racial injustice in 2016, and saw his playing career end a short while later.
The series tackles “the obstacles of race, class and culture as the Black adopted child of a white family,” according to Netflix.
Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker play Kaepernick’s parents, Rick and Teresa.
Kaepernick appears as the present-day narrator of his own story.
DuVernay and Kaepernick created the series. They executive produce alongside Michael Starrbury.
