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- 2021
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- Netflix
- 2021
- TV-14
- Netflix
Summary The limited series from Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick (who also narrates) examines the challenges Colin (Jaden Michael) faced as he grew up in California's Central Valley with his white adoptive parents (Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker).
Created By: Ava DuVernay, Colin Kaepernick
- 2021
- TV-14
- Netflix
- 2021
- TV-14
- Netflix
Colin in Black & White
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 29, 2021
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3.6
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Summary The limited series from Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick (who also narrates) examines the challenges Colin (Jaden Michael) faced as he grew up in California's Central Valley with his white adoptive parents (Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker).
Created By: Ava DuVernay, Colin Kaepernick
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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61% Positive
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39% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
71
61% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
39% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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DuVernay and Kaepernick have crafted a hybrid docudrama limited series that is both personal and universal, educational and raw. It gets at the heart of how the general and the specific, family and country, obstacles and accomplishments all work together as the soil in which a person grows into themselves.
["Colin in Black & White"] tackles the depressing truth of discrimination inside and outside the world of sports. And it does so with a clever balance of YA humor, strategically deployed data — in a league that’s more than 70% Black, less than a third of the quarterbacks are — and an emotional authenticity that sheds light on who Kaepernick is today, and why he was willing to risk his career in the name of justice.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 40 User Ratings
3.6
35% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
3% Mixed
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63% Negative
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 40 User Ratings
3.6
35% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
3% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
63% Negative
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
As a parent, teacher and child advocate, this show is AMAZING. The tenacity to focus on his own dreams and find himself as a black, student athlete was clearly shown. It's a great depiction for any person/family who wants to see how greatness is acquired. Peek into the academic prowess, true friendship between young men, finding your identity, navigating adult pressures without emotional responses, and respect for young women in Season 1. Integrating historical figures and mindset camio appearances is icing on the cake. For those who didn't like it, they don't like his politics and want to make a political statement on a entertainment website.
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A fresh, entertaining take on the genre that emphasizes character and story as much as message.
It occasionally sometimes stumbles in trying to do too much. Yet the moments when the story and the sociopolitical commentary blend perfectly are fantastic — and suggest just as much possibility as Kaepernick’s QB play at his best.
Buried inside the loose folds of Colin in Black & White is a lean, sharp-edged polemic about the American sports-industrial complex. As it stands though, this series stumbles some way short of the end zone.
“Colin in Black and White” can feel sentimental and blunt in a way that feels as disparate as those two terms are. But there’s something highly watchable about it, particularly in young Colin’s narrative.
Colin Kaepernick possesses greater gifts as an athlete and activist than as a TV personality, which becomes apparent watching "Colin in Black & White," a series that -- much like NBC's "Young Rock" -- revisits a famous person's early life, here by awkwardly mixing documentary and dramatic elements.
This story NEEDED TO BE SAID! Bravo! Educate these folks. I’m a black woman and I identified with the series soooo much. It evokes so much emotion and I would love to see more from other Black Make/female athletes telling their stories of adversity.
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Good series showing parts of Colin's story that we didn't know. And it also gave some knowledgeable history nuggets throughout. I must see series especially for young black males.
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Complete waste of time and brain cells. It's naked Black liberation propaganda that pushes a "progressive" agenda aimed for a low intellect and ignorant audience. The primary target audience is teens since it centers around a teenage Kaepernick and his struggles to find identity and purpose. The story is presented in immature way since it made for children. The lessons within are distorted from reality that are designed to fit the "progressive" narrative that White people are intently racist. This extends from his White adopted parents, to his coaches, to police, to even the clerks at hotels. The world they present in ~2005 Southern California is a racist wasteland of oppressive hatred that aims to exploit and suppress Black people. There is literally a moment or two in every episode of jaw dropping cringe. The horrific aspect to this show is that the kids that do watch this will walk away believing that White people, no matter how good they might appear, are evil and devoid of value. And that Black people are rich in culture and noble as they walk through life. This show is a racist propaganda disguised as a garbage fairytale. Avoid.
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If you think playing for the NFL is like slavery this is the show for you..
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Production Company:
- ARRAY Filmworks
- Netflix
Initial Release Date: Oct 29, 2021
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Black Reel Awards for Television
• 4 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Peabody Awards
• 1 Nomination
