A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT COLIN KAEPERNICK IS IN THE WORKS BY SPIKE LEE
Award-winning storyteller, Spike Lee announced his latest endeavor, a documentary about Colin Kaepernick.
At the second Annual Academy Museum Gala, held at the Academy Museum of Motion Picture, Lee gave an update to “Entertainment Tonight” on his docuseries on the former NFL player.
“I’m working on my multi-series documentary on Colin Kaepernick for ESPN,” Lee said. “It’s his story, not the false narratives.”
“Six years, the National Football League has stopped him from playing,” Lee explained. “He still gets up at 4 or 4:30 every morning to train, five to six days a week. So when that next phone call comes, he’ll be ready. He’ll be ready.” Regarding the project’s release date, he said, “Well, it’ll probably be out before he plays [again].”
Kaepernick still holds on to his love for football. “I am still up at 5 a.m. training five [and] six days a week, making sure I’m prepared to take a team to a Super Bowl again. That’s not something I will ever let go of, regardless of the actions of 32 teams and their partners to deny me employment,” the former player said. “The same way I was persistent in high school is the same way I’m gonna be persistent here.”
Before becoming a free agent, Kaepernick played for the San Francisco 49ers for six seasons before opting out of his contract in 2017. He and his former teammate Eric Reid eventually filed a grievance against the NFL, claiming that team owners kept them unsigned for protesting.
He said, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”
