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Colin Kaepernick, the NFL player who sparked a national debate at a football game by kneeling down during the American national anthem, is living a stage of glory in the heat of the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests over the death of George Floyd. in Minnesota. It doesn't just sound like going back to the NFL after running out of a team in 2017. Netflix reported Monday that Ava DuVernay will direct a six-episode series about the athlete and activist who managed to enrage Donald Trump and the rabid nationalism that reveres him.

DuVernay's project, director of Selma and Middle of Nowhere, will run through Kaepernick's adolescence and high school years that made him a football star and an activist for African-American rights. San Francisco 49ers quarterback for six seasons, 32-year-old Kaepernick made the decision in 2016 to plant a knee on the ground as the pre-game national anthem played in protest of US police brutality toward blacks. .

An irate Trump pressured team owners in the league to fire anyone who chose to "disrespect the anthem and the flag." In the weeks that followed, a few players joined the movement started by Kaerpernick. Despite not having played a game in years, his figure returned to sound strongly as one of the leaders during the protests over the death of Floyd at the hands of a policeman in Minnesota on May 25.

Netflix started working on the project in 2019 and the scripts were completed in May. The platform insisted that the story be told from an African-American perspective and that is why it opted for a director like DuVernay. She is not only African American but has touched on the issue of human rights. She was nominated for an Oscar for her documentary Amendment XIII that addresses issues such as racism, slavery, racial segregation, and mass incarceration in the United States.

In 2019, DuVernay worked with Netflix on a limited series, When They See Us, about the four blacks wrongfully accused of raping a white woman in Central Park, New York. The subject of racism in America is very dominant.

Colin Kaepernick in November last year, Elijah NouvelageREUTERS

"Too often we see stories about blacks portrayed through a white lens," Kaepernick said in a statement. "We seek to give a new perspective to the different realities that blacks face. We want to explore the racial conflicts that I faced as a black man adopted by a white community during my high school years. It is an honor to bring these stories to life in collaboration with Ava for the world to see. "

DuVernay, meanwhile, believes that the acts of the Wisconsin athlete have transcended the boundaries of the sport. "Colin's story has a lot to tell about identity, sport and the enduring spirit of protest and resistance," added the Californian director.

It is not the only project Kaepernick has in the making. He is preparing some memoirs that he plans to self-publish.

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