Colin in Black & White is an American drama television limited series that premiered on Netflix on October 29, 2021.
In advance of the series premiere, the pilot episode received a preview screening in the Primetime program at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Premise
The show is a dramatization of athlete Colin Kaepernick's teenage years and the experiences that led him to become an activist.
Cast
Colin Kaepernick as Narrator (Voice)
Jaden Michael as Colin Kaepernick
Mary-Louise Parker as Teresa Kaepernick
Nick Offerman as Rick Kaepernick
Mace Coronel as Jake
Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 79% based on 39 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Black & White's clunky format fumbles the fundamentals of storytelling, but this hybrid series nonetheless scores a touchdown in conveying Colin Kaepernick's truth, even if the reality is absent." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 71 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Kristen Baldwin of Entertainment Weekly gave the series a B and described the series as "an uneven but ultimately edifying portrayal of the young athlete's coming of age as a biracial boy growing up in a predominantly white world."
Accolades
It was nominated for a Peabody Award in 2022.