EXCLUSIVE: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is developing a docuseries about pioneering Black basketball players including Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton. The NBA legend has teamed up with Cineflix Productions and longtime business partner Deborah Morales
is developing a docuseries about pioneering Black basketball players including Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton.Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
The production team has unprecedented access to the Chuck Cooper Foundation and its archives, as well as the backroom maneuvering in the battle for justice, including in-depth interviews with the sport’s leading stars. The Pioneers will be produced by Cineflix Productions with J.C. Mills, Morales, Robin Keats and Michael Harris exec producing alongside Abdul-Jabbar., which will embark on a global journey with the families of Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Martin Luther King Jr, as well as a scripted series with Gladys Knight.
“When we first looked at the stories of Cooper, Lloyd and Clifton, it struck us how little we all knew about these three incredible trailblazers, and we weren’t alone,” added J.C. Mills, President and Head of Content at Cineflix Productions. “will pay homage to these game changers and their successors, who, against all odds, have braved racism while propelling themselves to stardom.
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